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BY THE NAME OF WHITE.
HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON, MASS.
THE DESCENDANTS
OF
WILLIAM WHITE,
OF HAVERHILL, MASS.
GENEALOGICAL NOTICES
BY
HON. DANIEL APPLETON WHITE.
1863.
additional
Genealogical and Biographical Notices
BY
ANNIE FRANCES RICHARDS.
TOGETHER WITH
PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
1889.
American Printing and Engraving Company,
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
Judge White warmly loved the memory of his pious ancestry,
and spared no pains to gather whatever information could be
obtained concerning them and their descendants. Among his
papers was one entitled " William White of Haverhill, Mass., and
Descendants, 1 640-1853." Of this, with some additions from his
other genealogical papers, it has seemed advisable to print a few
copies, for the use of such members of the family as may be inter-
ested in the subject.
In explanation of the fact that much of the genealogical matter
contained in the following pages is similar in form to portions of
the " Genealogies and History of Watertown," by Henry Bond,
M. D., of Philadelphia, published in 1855, it should be stated that
the materials for those portions of Dr. Bond's valuable work were
furnished by Judge White, from the abundant material which he
had collected during his researches concerning his family history.
H. W. F.
[1863.]
PREFACE.
In 1887 Mr. Joseph C. White, of Bangor, Me., the only surviv-
ing grandchild of Timothy White, a " book-seller of Boston " and
a descendant of William White, of Haverhill, deplored the meagre
information possessed by his generation in regard to the family
history. His niece, whom he was visiting, having a copy of the
" Genealogies and History of Watertown," promised to have re-
printed, for the benefit of Timothy's numerous descendants, that
part of the work relating to William White. For this purpose,
Rev. William Orne White and Rev. Henry Wilder Foote, son and
grandson of Judge Daniel Appleton White, generously allowed a
reprint of his valuable work "The Descendants of William White,"
published after his death in 1863, and which had furnished the
material to Dr. Bond, as mentioned in the introductory note.
Upon this groundwork, material has been laid which brings the
record of Timothy's branch of the family to date, with such infor-
mation of the collateral branches of William White's descendants
as could be easily obtained. Some pains has been taken to make
the present work something more than a bare record of genealog-
ical facts, by adding portraits and other prints, with items of his-
torical or personal interest. Chase's " History of Haverhill " has
furnished abundant material, also "The History of Exeter"
(N. H.), by Hon. C. H. Bell, for that part relating to the Gilman
family, and Bond's " History of Watertown," for items regarding
the Phillips family.
EXPLANATION.
Ordinal numbers are placed in the left margin of the page, next to the per-
pendicular line, beginning with 1, opposite to the first name in the genealogy,
and continuing the numbers to the end of it. When another number occurs in
the margin, opposite to the ordinal number, it refers the reader to that ordinal
number where information may be found. If it be less than the opposite
ordinal number, it will refer back to the individual parentage; if it be larger, it
will refer forward to his or her marriage and distinct family.
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FAC-SIMILE OF THE INDIAN DEED OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HAVERHILL.
NOW IN POSSESSION OF MR. SAMUEL WHITE, HAVERHILL.
HAVERHILL.
The town of Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, is situated
on the northerly side of the Merrimack, the fourth in size, but
perhaps the most beautiful river in New England. The township,
as originally purchased of the Indians, was fourteen miles in
length and six in breadth. As first laid out, by the General Court,
in 1667, it was nearly in the form of a triangle, and then included
a large portion of the territory now forming the townships of
Salem, Atkinson, Hampstead, and Plaistow, N. H., and Methuen,
Mass. The Indian name of the region included in the present
bounds of the town was Pentuckett. It was under the jurisdiction
of Passaconnaway, Chief of the Pennacooks, who was a firm
friend to the English, and the Great Sachem of all the tribes that
dwelt in the valley of the Merrimack. He was the most noted
sorcerer of all the country, and exerted an almost boundless influ-
ence over his people. He lived to a very great old age, as Gookin
saw him at Pawtuckett [Lowell] when he was about 120 years old.
The large immigration into Massachusetts immediately preced-
ing 1638 led to the settlement of many new plantations, as well
as the rapid enlargement of those already settled by large
numbers of emigrants from the vicinity of Ipswich, Newbury,
Haverhill, Lynn, and other towns in the easterly part of England.
Among the new places settled was Pentuckett, or Haverhill, in
1640, by a company of settlers, twelve in number, from Ipswich
and Newbury. Though the town was settled and homes erected
in 1640, it was not until Nov. 15, 1642, that a title of the land was
purchased of the Indian owners, and the Indian name of Pen-
tuckett [Haverhill] was apparently extinguished. On that day
Passaquo and Saggahew, with the consent of Passaconnaway,
sold to the inhabitants, in consideration of three pounds and ten
shillings, all the lands they had there, and placed their mark of
bow and arrow in the deed. This instrument was, it is said, both
written and witnessed by William White, who was one of the first
settlers. — Chase's History of Haverhill.
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(I.) WILLIAM WHITE, b. 1610 ; landed at Ipswich 1635. Tradition
says that he came from Co. Norfolk, England, but this has not been ascer-
tained. "In 1635, the year he landed, the General Court ordered the
bounds of Ipswich and Quascacunquen [now Newbury] to be laid out,
when some of the chief [people] of Ipswich desired leave to remove to
Quascacunquen, to begin a settlement, which was granted them. Among
those who removed to Newbury were Rev. Thomas Parker, Nicholas
Noyes, Henry Sewell, William White, William Moody, and Richard
Kent." In 1640 William White removed to Haverhill, of which he was
one of the first settlers, and was one of the grantees of the Indian deed
of Haverhill, dated Nov. 15, 1642; which instrument was, it is. said, both
written and witnessed by him. His first wife, MARY, the mother of his
Only child, d. Sept. 22, 1681. He m. (2d), Sept. 21, 1682, SARAH
FOSTER, " the widow and second wife of Reginald Foster, who came to
America in one of the vessels embargoed by King Charles I., accompanied
by his wife Judith, five sons and two daughters, and settled in Ipswich,
Mass., about 1638." He d. Sept. 28, 1690. His widow soon after removed
to Ipswich, where she died in 1693. Monuments were erected to William
and Mary White, by Charles White, Esq., of Haverhill, bearing the
following inscriptions, copied from the monuments originally erected to
their memory : —
"Here were deposited the remains of Mr. William White, who d.
Sept. 28, 1690, aged 80, one of the first settlers of Haverhill." t " In
memory of Mrs. Mary White, who d. Feb. 22, 1681, in the 75th year of
her age." The original tombstone stands, in 1889, at the foot of the
grave, and bears the inscription : " Mary White dyed February ye 22,
1681, in ye 7$ yeare of heare age." Mr. White settle^ on, the. farm now
owned by Mr. Samuel White, and upon which the " White House "
stood in 1636. A new house was built on or near the old site about
1680, which is still standing in excellent preservation. Until within a
few years it was occupied by Mr. James Davis White, brother of Mr.
Samuel White, the present owner. Only since 1874 has the house ever
been occupied by others than the direct descendants of the first
William and Mary. The farm was situated on what is now known as
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Mill Street, and which for more than a century was known as " The
Great Road " from the village. It was westerly of the burying-ground,
near the fulling mill, and the estate included a large tract of land
adjoining, extending to the northward. He also owned a farm at
Newbury as late as 1650.
The estate of William White in 1643 was valued at ^50; he was a
landholder in 1645; he received from the town, June 7, 1652, seven
acres of plough land, and in 1659 ne had nme acres on the great river;
in 1667 he received five acres as his share, of the "accommodation"
land. On Dec. 15, 165 1, the town granted William White, with others,
to build a mill; and "in 1652 a lot of land, not exceeding fourscore
acres, was granted to the proprietors of the saw mill, as long as they
kept it in use." The first regular deed of real estate, recorded in the
town, is that of Thomas Sleeper and wife to William White, Oct. 11,
1659. The town records show that William White held a very respect-
able social position among the earlier settlers. He was a steady
citizen, and, soon after the church was gathered, he became a zealous
church member and one of its firmest pillars. He had the honor of the
town much at heart, and was esteemed by all its citizens, and was
frequently entrusted with its most important business. He was one of
the first Selectmen chosen in the town in 1640, and was again elected
in 1673. In 1662 he was elected Captain of the first military company
in the town. His property was inventoried at ^508 10s. — " a property
far better than in those days was the custom with our yeomanry. His
descendants, thro' John's son John are very numerous, and have been
among the most useful and honorable in the land." In his will, dated
Jan. 2, 1683, he says : " I give to the Rev. Mr. Ward, my teacher in
Haverhill, 10s. in silver. I give the church of Haverhill, of which I
am a member, the linen cloth which is on the communion table and one
of the pewter dishes which was mine, which was used at the sacrament,
and to be kept for that use only so long as it may serve with decency
for the common good of that society. My will is, that the girl, which
was given to me by the girl's mother to breed up, if my wife will keep
her until John White [his son], marry, let her keep it; otherwise, John
White to put her out to sum one, who will bring her up in good nurtour.
If afterwards she live with John till she is 18 years of age or day of
marriage, the said John White is to clothe her well, and to give her five
pounds. I give to Edward Brummidge a cloth jacket and britches and
a shurt, all of mine own wearing." Child : —
1. John, b. about 1639-40.
(II.) JOHN WHITE, of Haverhill, m. in Salem, Nov. 25, 1662, HAN-
NAH FRENCH (probably the Hannah French mentioned in Farmer's
Genealogy), about his age, dau. of Edward French, freeman in 1666. He
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d. in Haverhill Jan. I, 1668-69, leaving an only child, John. Evidence
remains that he cultivated in some reputable degree his mental powers,
and a copious illustration of short-hand writing by him is still preserved.
A tombstone stands in the old burying-ground, Haverhill, between the
monuments erected to his father and mother, bearing the following in-
scription: "John White dyed January ye 1, 1668, and in ye 29 yeare of
his age." According to a provision in his will, the care of his son de-
volved upon his father, William White. His will, filed in the Probate
Office of Essex County, bears the same date with that of his death, and
was probably executed in extremis, as it was not signed by him. John
Ward, the minister, and Nathaniel Saltonstall were subscribing wit-
nesses. From their attestation, the will appears to have been proved at
different times. John Ward, on the " 23d ist-68," before Simon Brad-
street, testifies that the " will was read to John White, and owned and
declared by him to be his will; " and "Nathaniel Saltonstall attested to
this will, upon his oath, in open court, held at Salisbury ye 13, 2d mo,
1669. Thos. Bradbury, regr."
This will shows that John White left a large real estate, some of which
he devised to his father, some to his wife during her life, and the residue
to his son John, then about five years of age. The will thus concludes :
" I commit my son John to the hands of my wife during the time of her
widowhood, to be educated and brought up in the fear of the Lord, and
to be maintained out of the estate that by this, my will, I leave to my
wife. And in case she shall marry again, then my will is that, if my
father, William White, please, he shall have full power to take my son
John home to himself, and have the sole and whole care of his education,
and power to dispose of and order him; my father, White, being to be
allowed three pounds per annum towards the maintenance of my son
John, out of that estate that I have now by this will given to my wife.
I constitute and appoint my wife sole executrix of this my last will and
testament; and do also desire my father, White, to be overseer of this
my will." The widow was married again to Thomas Philbrick, probably
of Hampton, in 1669, where she resided at the time of his death; after
which she returned to Haverhill, and lived there as his widow to extreme
old age. Upon her marriage, the care of her son John devolved upon
his grandfather, who faithfully fulfilled his trust, if we may judge from
the character his ward sustained through life. Child : —
1. John, b. March 8, 1663-64.
(III.) JOHN WHITE, Jr., Esq., of Haverhill, b. March 8, 1663-64; m.
Oct. 24, 1687, LYDIA GILMAN, dau. of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter,
and Elizabeth Treworthy, his wife, and a grand-dau. of Edward Gilman,
who came from Norfolk, Eng., in 1638, with his five children, and settled
first in Hingham, thence to Ipswich, and became a resident of Exeter pre-
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vious to 1652, where he died ; he left three sons, — Edward, John, the Coun-
cillor, and Moses. Moses d. in 1702; James, son of Moses, b. May 31,.
1665, d. 1739; Nehemiah, son of James, cf. in 1796, aged about 100?
Theophilus, son of Nehemiah, d. in 1803 (Mrs. Cass's father). The
eldest son, Edward, the principal mill owner in Exeter, was lost at sea
in a voyage to England in 1653 ; his brother John succeeded him in busi-
ness and much of his property, and became one of the most useful and
distinguished citizens. For more than one half the years between 1650
and 1680 he was repeatedly elected Commissioner, to end small causes,,
and was Associate (judge) of the old Norfolk County Court for two
years. In 1680 he was made Councillor of New Hampshire, and was
Judge of the Court of Pleas. He was a delegate to the assembly and
twice Speaker of the House. The town records show that John Gilman
was first among the able and respected citizens, and that the Gilmans at
all times were unwavering in their patriotism and love of country. He
built the " log house," still standing opposite the great bridge ; also the
Clifford House, the oldest in town, built in 1656. The windows were
scarcely more than loopholes ; it was adapted against the attacks of the
savages, and was known as a garrison house. In this wooden structure
Councillor John lived till his death, in 1708. He had six sons and ten
daughters. [See Bell's Hist, of Town of Exeter.]
John White was highly respectable and influential; most of his chil-
dren sustained excellent characters, for which they were indebted to the
good influence of their mother as well as their father. She was vener-
ated by them and their children. Judge Daniel Appleton White writes ::
" I have heard my father speak of her with admiration." He acquired
much property in trade and merchandise, and possessed a very extended
real estate, sufficient to afford his sons valuable farms in Haverhill and
Plaistow. In 1692 Sir William Phipps, first Governor of the province,
under the new charter, appointed Ensign John White on the board of
town officers. He was Town Clerk in 1694, and was chosen " proprietor's
clerk" in 1701. He was Representative of Haverhill in the General
Court eight years, — 1700-2-3-8-13-15-16-19, Captain of the Haverhill
company, and magistrate of the County Court.
In 1694 Capt. John White owned and commanded a garrison house
erected as a defence against the Indians, near the " White House " on
Mill Street. At a town meeting. Oct. 14, 1699, he was "one of eight
persons allowed to make themselves pews in the new meeting-house at
their own cost." Among other curious petitions is the following : "John
White, desiring leave to set up a shed on the outside of the west end of
the meeting-house, to keep out the heat of the sun." In 1706 he was
allowed to build a " fulling mill on Mill Brook, near his now dwelling-
house," the first of that kind in town. At the ordination of Mr. Gardiner,.
Jan. 10, 1711, the sugar and wine for this occasion were brought from
Boston on horseback by " Deacon White." His house seems to have
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been the usual stopping-place for those who supplied the pulpit while
there was no settled minister in town. The celebrated George White-
field, who visited the town twice, was on both occasions the guest of
Deacon White. Whitefield did not preach in town on his first visit, as
strong objections were made to allowing him the use of the meeting-
house ; but on his second visit, he preached to a large congregation of
people in the open air, opposite the Deacon's house on Mill Street. The
authorities, hearing that he was to preach, sent him a warning to de-
part out of town. He read the letter at the close of his discourse,,
and said, " Poor souls ! they shall have another sermon," and pro-
ceeded to give notice that he "should preach at the same place
at sunrise the next morning." He kept his word, and addressed a
large audience.
The Rev. Samuel Phillips, in his account of the Phillips family,
speaking of his marriage with Hannah White, styles her father the
Worshipful John White. A peculiarly interesting relation was formed
between the two families by the marriages of three of his children
with three of the children of Samuel Phillips, of Salem, who m. Mary
Emerson, dau. of Rev. John Emerson, of Gloucester, and his wife
Ruth, dau. of Lieut.-Gov. Samuel Symonds, of Ipswich. Said Rev.
John was son of Thomas Emerson, of Ipswich. Rev. Samuel Phillips,
of Rowley, m. Sarah Appleton, dau. of Samuel Appleton, Sr., of
Ipswich, and Mary Everard (or Everett), his wife, who was born in
England 1627; m., 1651. The Rev. Samuel Phillips was son of Rev.
Samuel, of Rowley, and grandson of Rev. George, the first minister of
Watertown, Mass., of Rainham, St. Martin Co., England, who came to
America in the "Arbella," April 12, 1630, with his wife and two
children, as fellow-passengers with Gov. Winthrop, Sir Richard Salton-
stall, and other assistants of the Massachusetts Company; arrived at
Salem June 12, where his wife soon died, and was buried by the side
of Lady Arbella Johnson. He was admitted freeman May 18, 1631,.
the earliest date of any such admission ; he continued to be minister
of the Watertown church fourteen years, greatly respected and beloved;
he died the 1st and was buried the 2d of July, 1644, aged about
51 years. Winthrop says: "He was a godly man, especially gifted,
and very peaceful in his place, much lamented of his own people and
others." John White d. Nov. 20, 1727. Children: —
1. John, b. Sept. 11, 1688; d. Aug. 19, 1705.
2. Mary, b. June 24, 1690; d. 1777; m., May 10, 171 1, James Ayer, of
Haverhill.
3. Hannah, b. 1691 ; m., Jan. 17, 1711-12, Rev. Samuel Phillips, of
Andover. She d. 1775.
4. William, b. Jan. 18, 1693-94; m. Sarah Phillips, sister of said
Rev. Samuel, June 12, 1716; d. Dec. 11, 1737.
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5. Samuel, b. Dec. 23, 1695 ; m. Ruth Phillips, another sister of said
Samuel; d. Feb. 1, 1777.
6. Nicholas, b. Dec. 4, 1698; d. in Plalstow, N. H., Sept. 1772;
m. Hannah Ayers, dau. of Samuel Ayers, who was killed by the
Indians, 1708. They had a large family. He was Deacon of the
Haverhill Church; ancestor of Moses L. Hale, of Boston; of
Benjamin Hale, D. D., President of Geneva College. William
White and Nicholas White, with others belonging to Haverhill,
were among the first proprietors of Penacook, in Concord, about
1730. Samuel and William White erected a corn mill, fulling mill,
and saw mill, in 1720, on a little river called Sawmill Brook.
7. Timothy, b. Nov. 13, 1700; grad. Harv. Coll. 1720; m. Susanna
Gardner, of Nantucket; they had thirteen children; some time a
minister in Nantucket; d. in Haverhill, 1765.
8. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1702; m., June 20, 1732, Rev. Amos Main,
of Rochester, N. H. ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1729; d. 1760; she
d. Jan. 1776.
9. James, b. April 16, 1705; m. (1st) Abigail Peaslee; (2d), Sarah
Bailey, dau. of Col. Joshua Bailey; settled in Atkinson, N. H.;
was a Colonel; d. May 1, 1788, at Plaistow. He had 12
daus. ; among them was the late Mrs. Joseph Sprague, of Salem,
grandmo. of Sheriff Joseph E. Sprague. Maj. Joseph Sprague, of
Salem, m. his dau.
10. John, b. Sept. 8, 1707; m. Martha Appleton, dau. of Maj. Isaac
Appleton, of Ipswich ; d. in Haverhill May 10, 1745.
11. Joseph, b. Oct. 21, 1709; d. April 4, 1713.
12. Abigail (twin), b. Oct. 21, 1709; m., March 5, 1727-28, Moses
Hazen. She d. in Haverhill Dec. 1792. She was the mother
of Gen. Moses Hazen of the Revolutionary Army ; also of John
Hazen, etc.
13. Lydia, b. Sept. 11, 1 711; m., Nov. 16, 1727, Nathaniel Peaslee,
Esq. She buried a child and was left a wid. at 18. After which,
she attended school at Boston; m., the second time, a Mr. Flint,
of Salem, Mass., and left 2 daus., — Molly and Lydia.
14. Joanna, b. March 31, d. Nov. 2, 1714.
(IV.) Dea. JAMES AYER, son of Samuel Ayer, who was killed by the
Indians Aug. 29, 1708; of Haverhill; m. MARY WHITE, dau. of John
and Lydia, May 10, 171 1. He d. Sept. 1, 1771, in his 86th year. She d.
1777. Children: —
1. Samuel, b. May 5, 171 2; m. Hazen, sister of Moses Hazen,
ancestor of Hon. Isaac Hill, Concord, N. H. Children: —
1. Samuel Ayer, m. Sarah Chase; lived and died near Great
Pond.
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2. Richard Ayer, m. Sargent Methuen, niece of Judge Sargent ;
lived and died in Concord, N. H.
3. James Ayer, m. /W/j/ Bricket ; living near Great Pond.
4. Lydia Ayer, m. Morrison; lived and died at Sanborn ton,
N. H.
5. Anna Ayer, m. Dea. Kimball, Concord, N. H.
6. Hannah Ayer, m.. John Bradley, Concord, N. H.
7. Betsey Ayer, m. Jacob Ela, Haverhill, E. P. Had son Joseph,
of Portsmouth.
8. Mary Ayer, m. Dr. Green, Concord, N. H.
John, b. April 18, 1714. He was Deacon in Haverhill.
William, b. June 18, 1716. Lived and died at Plaistow. Obadiah
Ayer's father.
Mary, b. July 18, 1718; m. Nathaniel Walker.
Lydia, b. June 23, 1720.
Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1722.
Joanna, b. Aug. 13, 1724.
Abigail, b. Aug. 13, 1726; d. Sept. 1743.
Ruth, b. Nov. 7, 1728.
Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1730; d. July 14, 1745.
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(IV.) Rev. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, m. Jan. 17, 1711-12, HANNAH,
dau. "of the Worshipful John White, Esq., " of Haverhill. She d. Jan.
7, 1775. He was great-grandson of Rev. George Phillips; b. Feb. 17,
1689-90; grad. Harv. Coll. 1708; ordained minister in the South Parish
of Andover in 171 1. He continued the pastor thereof until his decease,
June 5, 1 771, aged 81, and in the sixty-first year of his ministry. He
preached the election sermon in 1750, and "his publications are numer-
ous and frequently met with." He was "an excellent man, so economi-
cal, it is said, as to blow out the candle when he began his evening
prayer, yet punctilious in distributing among the poor a full tenth of his
income, of which he kept account." Children : —
1. Mary, b. Nov. 30, 1712; m., Oct. 12, 1736, Samuel Appleton, of
Haverhill. Shed. Dec. 5, 1737.
2. Hon. Samuel Phillips, of Andover, b. Feb. 13, 1715 ; grad. Harv.
Coll. 1734; m-> July 11, 1738, Elizabeth Barnard, only sur-
viving child of Theodore B., son of Rev. Thomas Barnard, of
Andover. He was father of the late Lieut-Governor Samuel
Phillips, noted for his valuable public services during the Revolu-
tionary War. Early habits of exactness and economy in business
enabled him to accumulate a large estate, much of which he
appropriated to the public good. In 1778 Phillips Academy, in
Andover, was founded by him and his brother, Hon. John Phillips,
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of Exeter, by the gift to the Board of Trustees of several valuable
tracts of land and ,£1,614 m money. He d. Aug. 21, 1790. She d.
Nov. 29, 1789. They left but one son, Hon. Samuel Phillips,
Lieut-Governor, and for fifteen years President of the Senate.
From Washington's note-book, November, 1787: "Arrived at
Abbott's Tavern in Andover, where we breakfasted, and met with
much attention from Mr. Phillips, President of the Senate of
Massachusetts." '
40 3. Lydia, b. June 10, 1717 ; m. Dr. Parker Clark, M. D., ot New-
bury, May 18, 1742. She d. Nov. 4, 1749, leaving 3 daughters
and 1 son.
41 4. Hon. John Phillips, of Exeter, b. Dec. 27, 1719; grad. Harv. Coll.
1735; LL. D., Dart. Coll. 1777; from 1773 to 1793 he was a
trustee, and founded and endowed in that college the Phillips
Professorship of Theology. He aided his brother in founding
Phillips Academy, Andover, and made it a bequest of $20,000 (one
third of his estate). He was the liberal founder of Phillips
Academy, Exeter, and bequeathed to it two thirds of his large
estate. He m. (1st) Sarah, wid. of Nathaniel Gilman, Esq., and
dau. of Rev. Mr. Emery, of Wells. He m. (2d), 1767, Elizabeth,
wid. of Dr. Hale and dau. of Hon. E. Dennet, of Portsmouth, N. H.
He d. April 21, 1795, leaving no children.
42 5. Hon. William Phillips, of Boston, b. June 25, 1722; was appren-
ticed in Boston to Mr. Edward Bromfield, merchant, at the age of
15; he m. Abigail Bromfield, his good master's eldest daughter,
June 13, 1744; she was b. Jan. 19, 1726. [By this marriage a
gr.-gr.-grandson of the first minister of Watertown was united
with a gr.-gr.-granddaughter of the first minister of Boston.] He
was many years Deacon of the Old South Church, and was repeat-
edly elected Representative and State Senator. " He took a decided
and active part in the proceedings which preceded and attended
the Revolution," and was one of the committee sent to demand
of Gov. Hutchinson that the tea should be sent back to Eng-
land. He was a member of the convention for framing the
Constitution of the Commonwealth, and of that adopting the
Constitution of the United States. Upon the outbreak of the Revo-
lution, and while the British had possession of Boston, he occu-
pied with his family at Norwich, Conn., the Arnold mansion,
the house in which the traitor, Benedict Arnold, was born. He
became an eminent merchant of Boston, and bequeathed $5,000
to Phillips Academy, in Andover. He d. Jan. 15, 1804, aged 82.
Among their children were the late Lieut.-Gov. William Phillips,
and Abigail, wife of the patriot, Josiah Quincy, Jr., and mother
of President Quincy ; she was the eldest child, b. April 14*
1745.
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(IV.) Dea. WILLIAM WHITE, fourth child of John and Lydia Gil-
man White, b. Jan. 18, 1694; m. in Boston, June 12, 1716, SARAH
PHILLIPS, b. Jan. 28, 1692, sister of Rev. Samuel Phillips, dau. of
Samuel and Mary (Emerson) Phillips of Salem, a granddaughter of Rev.
Samuel Phillips, of Rowley, and a great-granddaughter of Rev. George
Phillips of Watertown. In manuscript notices of the family collected by
Dr. Shattuck, it is said that they were married in Boston, and that they
were published there Feb. 1, 1716. If so, she was not at the time resi-
dent with her father, Samuel Phillips, of Salem, goldsmith. Her said
father had married a second wife, viz. Mrs. Sarah Mayfield, whose
maiden name was Pickman, April 27, 1704. Perhaps Sarah Phillips, at
the time of her marriage, was residing in Boston with some relative or
friend. William White lived in Haverhill ; was a clothier, and in said
manuscript notices is styled Deacon and Esquire, and said to have been
Representative of Haverhill in the General Court in 1733 and 1734. It
is said, too, that he planted, in 1718, the first potatoes in Haverhill, and
raised that year four bushels, but knew not how to make use of so
large a quantity, and gave them to his neighbors.
Rev. Joshua Gardiner d. March 21, 1715. William White made a
journey to Boston to get supplies for the funeral. Among the items of
expense was "one bbl. cider." Jan. 2, 1721, "William and Samuel, his
brother, were granted permission to set up a grist mill and fulling mill
on Sawmill River. They desired to remove this mill from Mill Brook
to this river because of scarcity of water during a part of the year at
Mill Brook." Judge Daniel Appleton White writes : —
" A few days after the marriage of my Grandfather White, who was
married in Boston, and attended public worship on their way to Haver-
hill, with their brother Phillips, at Andover, he received from Mr. Phillips
a copy of the sermon he preached upon the occasion, prefaced with his
good and affectionate wishes. He states that the sermon was studied
and preached principally for their sakes. It is entitled ' The Prudent
Wife a Choice Blessing.' This manuscript was delivered to me by my
Aunt Thomson, who had always kept it as a treasure. It is in the hand-
writing of the author, and written, as he says, in his plain, homely
method and style. My Grandfather White, as Rev. Mr. Phillips states
in his account of the Phillips family, was a magistrate of the county, a
Deacon of the church, and a Captain of the company of Haverhill ; I
believe, also, a Representative of the General Court."
William White, Esq., d. about 44 years of age, Dec. 11, 1737, and left
an excellent character. His estate was valued at ,£4,070.3, more than
half that amount being in real estate. In his will, dated Dec. 5, 1737,
after piously commending his "soul into ye hands of God that gave it,"
he gives to his " well-beloved wife ye improvement of all my estate in
Haverhill, so long as she shall be my widow. For my five sons my will
is that they shall be all equal sharers in my estate, and what shall be
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45
229,
46
47
48
260,
49
50
51
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53
54
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401, 56
57
58
59
60
61
lay'd out upon my two youngest sons (Timothy and Phillips), after they
come to the age of fourteen, for trades, shall be reducted out of their
portion, and my two daughters shall be equal to one son. I give to the
Rev. Mr. Brown ^5."
Children: —
1. William, b. April 12, 171 7; bred to be a merchant in Boston,.
where he lived and prospered as such ; m. Rebecca Stoddard,
said to have been a sister of Benjamin Stoddard, Esq., a great-
grandson of Anthony Stoddard. He was a wholesale dry-goods
merchant in Court Street. He owned the place formerly owned
by Lieut.-Gov. Phipps, near the North Square. His estate, say
Dr. Shattuck's notices, amounting to ,£9,326 3s 3d, was divided
among his brothers and sisters. He left no children. In a paper,.
■" Geneaology of the Whites," sent to Judge White by his Uncle
Guy C. Haynes, who stated it was from an elderly lady of Concord,
N. H. (the name forgotten by him), it is added to the mention of
William's marriage with Miss Stoddard, of Chelmsford, that he
"buried his children." He d. 1773.
2. Samuel, b. Sept. 15, 1 7 1 8 ; d. in Haverhill Aug. 21, 1801.
3. John, b. Feb. 7, 1719-20; d. at Methuen in 1800.
4. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 24, 1721 ; d. Aug. 27, 1737.
5. Sarah, b. 17, d. 19, Sept. 1723.
6. Timothy, b. Sept. 23, 1724; d. Sept. 1791.
7. Mary, b. April 30, 1726; m., Nov. 3, 1748, Rev. John Chandler,.
of Billerica; grad. Harv. Coll. 1743; d. 1762, s. p. She was his
first wife. Had one daughter, Mary, married to William Whiter
eldest son of her Uncle John, 1775.
8. Sarah, b. March 9, 1727-28; m. Col. William Thompson, of
Billerica, s. p.
9. Phillips, b. Oct. 28, 1729; m. Ruth Brown May it, 1749.
10. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 2, d. Aug. 7, 1 731.
11. Anna, b. Oct. 24, 1732; d. June 26, 1737.
(IV.) SAMUEL WHITE, a miller of Haverhill; m., 1718, RUTH
PHILLIPS, a sister of his brother William's wife. Children : —
1. John, b. Dec. 26, 1725; grad. Harv. Coll. 1751.
2. Lydia, b. Aug. 1, 1728; d. April 6, 1736.
3. Ruth, b. Dec. 27, 1729; m., Nov. 16, 1758, Cutting Marsh, of
Haverhill. She d. Nov. 3, 1815; and he d. Jan. 14, 1818. Chil-
dren : —
1. Ruth, b. Nov. 9, 1760.
2. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1762.
3. Samuel White, b. March 9, 1765.
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4. Joseph, b. May 14, 1767.
5. Benjamin (twin), b. May 14, 1767.
6. Robert, b. July 16, 1769 ; d. of a casualty.
7. John, b. March n, 1772.
4. Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1731 ; m., Jan. 18, 1759, ^ev- John Chand-
ler, of Billerica; his 2d wife. She d. Oct. 1768. Child : —
1. Elizabeth, m. Tho?nas P turner, of Haverhill.
5. Samuel, b. April 15, 1734; d. April 10, 1736.
6. Lydia, b. Nov. 2, 1736 ; m., Nov. 18, 1762, Capt. Solomon Kidder,
of Billerica. She d. May 1778; and he d. at White Plains i'n
1778. Children: —
1. Samuel, d. at Manchester, N. H.
2. Lydia, b. about 1766; was living June, 1845, unm.
3. Dolly, d. in Manchester, N. H., unm.
7. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1738; m. (1st) Nathaniel Badger, of Haver-
hill. One dau. He d., and she m. (2d) Rev. Joseph Kidder, of
Dunstable, brother of Capt. Solomon K. They lived and died in
Dunstable. She d. in Dunstable, aged about 97. Children : —
1. Dau., m. Gen. Abbot, of Salem, s. p.
2. Nathaniel (Kidder), of Ohio ; 1 son and 4 daughters.
3. Betsy (Kidder), m. Elijah Cha?nberlain, some time a trader of
Boston. In 1845 she was living in Indiana with her son
Edwin.
4. Sarah (Kidder), m. William Boynton, of Dunstable. Chil-
dren : —
1. William; 2, Mary ; both living in Indiana.
5. Ruth (Kidder), d. in Dunstable, unm.
(IV.) NICHOLAS WHITE, b. Dec. 4, 1698; d. at Plaistow, N. H.,
April 7, 1782. He was a Deacon in the church. He m.(ist) HANNAH
AYER, dau. of Samuel, killed by the Indians, and sister of James, who
married Mary White Nov. 6, 1722. She d. Jan. 25, 1732, having had
5 children. He m. (2d) MARY CALFE, of Ipswich, who d. Oct. 8,
1797, by whom he had 10 children.
1. Mary, b. April 1725 ; d. the same day.
2. Hannah, b. Sept. 8, 1726; d. Aug. 1803.
3. Noah, b. Feb. 15, 1728; m. Sarah Sweet April 18, 1751 ; lived
near Haverhill, N. H. Child : —
1. Nathaniel, b. March 30, 1752.
4. Abigail, b. March 29, 1730; d. Sept. 10, 1750; m. to John Cogs-
well, Jr., Aug. 29, 1749.
5. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 2, 1731.
6. Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1734.
7. Mary, b. Aug. 1736.
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90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
117, 98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
162, 106
107
116, 108
8. Lydia White, b. July 2, 1738; m., Dec. 1762, Benjamin Hale, of
Atkinson, N. H. He d. '1781 ; she d. Nov. 14, 1791, at Newbury,
Vt. Children: —
1. Joshua, b. 1764; d. 1838.
2. Nicholas, b. 1766; d. 1847.
3. Lydia Gilman, b. 1769.
4. Mary, b. 1771 ; d. 1803.
5. Thomas, b. 1773; m., 1797, Alice Little. She d. July 27, 1819;
he m. (2d), Sept. 1822, Mary Little (a sister of Alice), b. May
4, 1786; d. Jan. 26, 1871. He was engaged in shipping in
Newburyport, Mass. He d. Aug. 14, 1836. Children: —
1. Rev. Dr. Benjamin Hale, b. Nov. 23, 1797; grad. Bowdoin
Coll. 1818; Episcopal minister 1822; Prof. Dart. Coll.
1827-1835. Pres. Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., 1836, which
position he held for many years. His family are about
placing a memorial window in St. Thomas's Episcopal
Church, Hanover, N. H. He m., April 9, 1823, Mary
Caroline King, of Saco, Me. He d. at Newburyport
July 15, 1863. Children: —
1. Caroline Alice, d. young.
2. Benjamin, b. Oct. 31, 1827; m. Lucy Balch Hale Oct.
29, 1853. They had 1 son, James White, an
inventor.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1832; m. Rev. Malcolm
Douglas, D. D., and had 6 sons and 1 daughter.
4. Thomas, b. July 11, 1834; m., Feb. 24, 1870, Lucy F.
Searcy. They had a son and a daughter.
5. Cyrus King, b. March 17, 1838; m., May 9, 1866, his
cousin, Alice Little Hale. They had 4 sons. He
was a graduate of Hobart Coll., Secretary of the
Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co., Boston. He d. 1887.
His wid. m. Charles H. Atkinson, of 111.
6. Dr. Josiah Little Hale, m. Annie S. Pierce. Grad.
Hobart Coll. He lives in Brookline. Children:
2 sons and 2 daughters.
2. Moses Little, b. April 7, 1799.
3. Thomas, b. Oct. 13, 1800.
4. Sarah, b. March 29, 1802.
5. Josiah Little, b. Dec. 9, 1803.
6. Edward, b. Nov. 8, 1805.
7. Mary, b. July 5, 1807.
8. Dr. Ebenezer Hale, b. April 28, 1809.
9. Alice Little, b. April 15, 181 1.
10. Capt. Joshua Hale, b. Dec. 14, 1812; m., Jan. 4, 1844,
Sophia Cutler, dau. of Col. A. B. W. Tenny.
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in
112
113
114
115
108, 116
98, 117
211, 11J
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
6. Eben, b. 1774; d. 1848.
7. Hannah,\>. 1777; d. 1839.
8. Benjamin, b. 1779; d. 1783.
9. William White, b. March 19, 1740, at Plaistow, N. H. ; m. Mary
Bayley, dau. of Rev. Abner and Elizabeth Baldwin Bayley, of
New Salem, N. H. He d. Jan. 1 775. Child : —
1. Mary, b. Jan. 4, 1768, at Plaistow; m. Asa Tenny, of Newbury,
Vt., Feb. 17, 1791. He d. May 25, 1831 ; she d. April 1823.
Child : —
1. Col. A. B. W. Tenny, b. June 10, 1795, at Newbury, Vt. ;
m. Sophia Cutler, of Rindge, N. H., June 14, 1818. He
d. Sept. 13, 1873; she d. Aug. 7, 1873. Children: —
1. Asa Tenny, b. March 31, 1819; d. July 29, 1829.
2. Mary, b. April 2, 1821 ; d. Feb. n, 1858.
3. Sophia Cutler, b. April 4, 1824; m., Jan. 4, 1844, Capt.
Joshua Hale, son of Thomas and Alice Little, of
Newburyport, brother of Rev. Dr. Benjamin Hale.
He is the owner of the original White " Coat of
Arms." Child: —
1. Alice Little, b. Aug. 27, 1845; m. her cousin,
Cyrus King Hale, son of Rev. Dr. Benjamin
Hale, Pres. of Hobart Coll. Children : —
1. Cyrus K. 2. Joshua. 3. Josiah Little. 4.
Benjamin.
4. H. Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1826; m. James Davis White, who
lived on the ancestral estate, Haverhill, until 1874.
Children : —
1. Elizabeth Priscilla, b. July 27, 1856; m., March 25,
1885, Nathaniel Stevens, of N. Andover.
2. Sophia T., b. March 31, 1859; d. July 22,
1862.
3. A. Tenny, b. Jan. 29, 1862.
5. Asa A., b. Sept. 29, 1829; d. Dec. 23, 1849.
6. Martha J., b. July 23, 1832; lives at Haverhill.
10. John, b. March 21, 1742; d. Oct. 29, 1808. He m. and had 2
children : Nicholas, of Newtown, and Mary, who m. Rev. Mr*
Burnham, of Pembroke.
11. Sarah, b. Aug. 17, i744l d. June 10, 1745.
12. Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1746; m. Timothy Ayer, of Haverhill.
Children : —
1. Timothy. 2. Abigail.
13. Martha, b. Aug. 9, 1748; m. Dea. Joseph Dodge, of Haverhill,
for his second wife. She d. June 11, 1816, without issue.
14. Samuel, b. Nov. 6, 1750; lived in Bradford or Newbury.
15. Abigail, b. May 14, 1757; m. James Davis, of Haverhill. Children: —
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131
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134
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136
137
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141
142
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146
147
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1. Priscilla, m., July 4, 181 6, William White, a farmer on ances-
tral estate, Haverhill. Children : —
1. John. 2. Abigail. 3. Mary. 4. Margaret. 5. James.
(IV.) TIMOTHY WHITE, b. Nov. 14, 1700; grad. Harv. Coll.
1720; sometime minister at Nantucket. Latter part of his life, teacher
of a school in Haverhill, where he died suddenly in the night, Feb.
1765. He m. SUSANNA GARDNER, of Nantucket. An ivory-
headed cane with the initials " T. W." engraved upon it, and an English
dictionary used by Timothy White at Harv. Coll. from 1716 to 1720,.
are now in the possession of Mr. James Davis White, Haverhill. The
book was "printed for Peter Parker at the Leg and Star, over against
the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1677," London. " Price, 2 shillings. n
Children : —
1. James, m. and removed to St. John's, Nova Scotia, where his son
lives. He left also 2 daus.
2. Timothy, m. Lydia, dau. of Rev. Amos Main, of Rochester;
lived and d. in Dover; left a son, Amos White, of Dover, where
is a grandson, a Lawyer, John Hubbard White, in Legislature ;
Register of Probate ; married.
3. John, m. (1st) Abigail M'Card; (2d), Mary Call.
4. Lydia, d. at Nantucket, aged 20, when on a visit there.
5. Susanna, m. Enoch Badger, of Haverhill.
6. Mary, m. Samuel Appleton, of Ipswich. Children : —
1. Elizabeth, d. unm.
2. Samuel Gilman, m. Mary Andrews.
3. Mary, m. Amos Sawyer, goldsmith, of Salem; whose son
Leverett S. Sawyer, goldsmith, of Salem, left numerous
children; one of whom, George C. Sawyer, grad. at Harv.
Coll. in 1855.
4. Susanna, m.John Willet.
5. Isaac, m. Dyson.
6. Timothy.
7. John W., m. Williams; lives in Portland.
8. Rebecca, m. Joseph Brown.
9. Gen. James, of Portland, m. Fuller.
10. Gardner, m. Woodbury.
11. Joanna, m. S afford; (2d), Dodge.
12. Nathan Dane, of Alfred, Me.; grad. at Bowd. Coll. 1813; m.
Julia Hall.
(IV.) Rev. AMOS MAIN, m., June 20, 1732, ELIZABETH WHITE,
b. Nov. 2, 1702; d. Jan. 1776. He grad. Harv. Coll. 1729; d. 1760^
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151
152
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156
Settled in the ministry at Rochester, N. H. Farmer says :
a great blessing to the people of his charge." Child : —
He was
1. Lydia, m. Timothy White, of Dover, son of Timothy White, of
Nantucket.
(IV.) JAMES WHITE (Colonel, etc.), b. April 16, 1705; lived in
Plaistow, where he was Deacon of the church, and otherwise dis-
tinguished; d. May 30, 1788, aged 83. He m. (1st) ABIGAIL PEAS-
LEE, who d. May 29, 1730; (2d) SARAH BAILEY, dau. of Col.
Joshua Bailey, May 1, 1740, who d. May 28, 1798. The following
epitaph is inscribed on a stone in Haverhill: "Here lies the body of
the very pious and virtuous woman, Mrs. Abigail White, wife of James
White and dau. of Nathaniel Peaslee ; who willingly and joyfully
resigned this life, with the joyful view of a better, on May 29, 1730,
aged 20 yrs. 8 mos." Children : —
1. James, d. July 2, 1729, aged 4 mos. 7 days.
2. Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1742; m. Maj. Joseph Sprague, of Salem,
grandfather of Joseph E. Sprague, Sheriff of Essex. She d. May
2, 1807. A truly excellent woman. Sheriff Sprague was son of
Dr. William Stearns, who m. Elizabeth Sprague, and took his
grandfather's name when it was feared his uncle, Joseph Sprague,
Jr., was lost at sea.
3. Sarah, b. 1744; d. Jan. 1754.
4. Abigail, b. Nov. 5, 1747; m. Dea. Joseph Dodge; d. Dec. 28, 1805,
without issue.
(IV.) JOHN WHITE, b. Sept. 8, 1707; lived in Haverhill, where he
d. May 10, 1745; has a gravestone. He m. MARTHA APPLETON,
dau. of Maj. Isaac Appleton, of Ipswich. Children: —
1. John A., b. Sept. 26, 1732; d. Sept. 28, 1737 (gravestone).
2. Martha, b. Sept. 11, 1734.
3. Lydia, b. Jan. 24, 1737; m. Nathaniel Ayer Nov. 17, 1757.
4. Joanna, b. March 6, 1739; d. Oct. 25, 1741.
5. Priscilla, b. Aug. 21, 1743; d. Sept. 10, 1802; unm. and deaf and
dumb.
(IV.) MOSES HAZEN, of Haverhill, m., March 5, 1720, ABIGAIL
WHITE, b. Oct. 20, 1709; she d. Dec. 1792, aged 83 years. Children :■ —
1. Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1729; m. Benjamin Moors Nov. 16, 1749, or
Moses Moors, father to Benjamin. Gen. Benjamin Moors, of
Platsburg was their son.
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2. John, b. Aug. n, 1731; m. Ann Swett Nov. 30, 1752. Their
children were John Hazen, of New Brunswick, and Mrs. Nathaniel
M. Harris, of N. H. Mr. Hazen m. (2d) Abigail Cotton, of London,
who had one child, Ann Hazen, who m. Mr. Rarur; d. at St.
Andrews.
3. Moses, b. June 1, 1733; m. Charlotte La Saussee, a French lady
in Canada; d. at Troy, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1803; she survived him many
years, and d. in 1827. Gen. Moses Hazen, early in life, entered into
the Provincial service in the war of 1756, and distinguished himself
by his bravery under Gen. Wolfe, particularly in the battle on the
Plains of Abraham, in which he was severely wounded. Having
continued in the service till the peace of 1763, he retired upon
half-pay for life ; married and settled in Canada ; and, at the period
of our Revolutionary War, had gained reputation, wealth, and
influence there. Being well known to be friendly to our cause, and
not surpassed by any one there in military experience and influence
with the Canadians, Congress applied to him to command the regi-
ment to be sent into Canada, and engaged to indemnify him for
every loss he might sustain by reason of his entering our service ;
such as the loss of his annuity from the British Government. This
was the source of much vexation to him and his executor, Moses
White, son of his cousin and guardian, John White, and whom he
made his heir. The indemnity was not made till about 1828, after
nearly forty years' solicitation.
4. Ann, b. July 30, 1735.
5. William, b. July 17, 1738; he went to St. John's with his cousin,
James White, in 1765; and so, also, probably did his brother John.
(V.) SAMUEL WHITE, Esq., of Haverhill, m. SARAH BROWN,
dau. of Rev. Richard Brown, minister of Reading (now South Reading),
Mass. Was eleven years grammar schoolmaster in Newbury. His
wid. m. March, Esq., of New York. So Sarah Brown was of New
York when married. She d. March 9, 1773. "Richard Brown, b. at
Newbury Sept. 12, 1675; grad. at Harv. Coll. 1697; settled in South
Reading June 25, 1712; d. Oct. 20, 1732. He was the only son of Mr.
Richard Brown, of Newbury." The subjoined notice of his ordination
is from Judge Sewall's Journal: " 171 2, Mid-week, June 25. I go in a
calash, with Mrs. Josiah Oakes, to Reading, to the ordination of Mr.
Richard Brown. Mr. Green, of Salem Village, began with prayer.
Mr. Brown preached well from Acts xx., 28 ; prayed. Mr. Jeremiah
Shepard, ordained, prayed. Mr. Tappan gave the right hand of fellow-
ship. Mr. Parsons, of Maiden, prayed. Sung ye I22d Psalm, York
tune. Mr. Brown gave the blessing. Got home before nine. Laus
Deo." Rev. Richard Brown was Town Clerk five years before he was
settled in Reading. Samuel White was merchant and farmer of Haver-
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hill, and here he acquired a large estate. He was a prominent and
patriotic citizen, taking an active part in the interests of his native town,
Justice of Peace, Rep. to the General Court. He was chosen delegate
to the first Provincial Congress, convened at Salem Oct. 7, 1774, and
was one of the committee on " Tea resolutions," adopted by the town
soon after June 1, 1774, when, "as the clock struck twelve, the port of
Boston was closed, and the courts were suspended, amid the solemn
tolling of bells." He lived on the corner of Merrimac and Main streets
until the destructive fire, 1775, in which his house — one of seventeen —
was burned, when he returned to live at the homestead on Mill Street.
" The old bell, of peculiar sound, which once hung in the steeple of the
First Baptist Meeting-House, and now sends forth its sharp peals from
the belfrey of the Baptist Meeting-House in Plaistow Centre, was the
gift of 'Squire Samuel White,' his name being cast on the bell." It is
said that 'Squire White possessed great personal attractions,, and was a
conspicuous figure as he rode about the town on his fine horse, in his
" wig and red cloak." These articles of dress are now in the possession
of his gr.-grandson, Mr. James Davis White, of Haverhill. He was
among a number of prominent and respectable citizens to organize
a "Fire Club," in 1768, each of whom was provided with "two good
bags of one yard and three quarters in length and three quarters
of a yard in breadth, with strings at the mouth, and two good leather
buckets," etc. " For a long series of years the annual supper ©f the
4 Fire Club ' was one of the great social events of the year." He $» Aug.
21, 1801. Children: —
1. Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1745; 4* Dec. 22> 174^>-
2. Sarah, b. Nov. 14, 1747; d. May 24, 1751.
3. Mary, b. May 20, 1750; m., Oct. 1, 1786, Moses Brown, a wealthy
merchant of Newburyport, and one of the associate founders of
Andover Theol. Seminary. She d. Aug. n, 1821, leaving 1
child, viz: —
1. Mary, b. July 25, 1787; m., Nov. 30, 181 2, Hon. William Bost-
wick Banister, grad. Dart. Coll. 1797; Lawyer, Senator of
Mass., etc. She was his 2d wife, and d. Sept. 19, 1824. [He
m., 3d, Miss Zilpah Grant, for many years the eminent Princi-
pal of the Female Academy in Ipswich.] He d. July 1, 1853.
Children : —
1. Mary Ann (Banister), b. Sept. 1816; d. Sept. 1, 1822.
2. Sarah White (B.), b. Jan. 28, 1819; m., June 13, 1844,
Ebenezer Hale, M. D., Dart. Coll. 1829; d. Aug. 2, 1847,
leaving wid., and son Ebenezer, b. Oct. 8, 1845.
4. Anna, b. April 12, 1752; m., Oct. 21, 1780, Dr. Nathaniel Salton-
stall, of Haverhill, b. Feb. 10, 1746, son of Judge Richard Salton-
stall, grandson of Nathaniel Saltonstall, who m. Elizabeth, clau. of
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Rev. John Ward, first minister in Haverhill. "Minister Ward"
gave to his son-in-law Nathaniel, by will, a very beautiful property,
half a mile east of Haverhill Bridge, known as the " Saltonstall
Estate," and since as " The Button woods," from a magnificent row
of trees, planted, tradition says, by Hugh Tolent, a jolly Irish fid-
dler, long ago a servant of the Saltonstalls. The Buttonwoods
passed into the possession of the Duncans many years since, and
is still owned by them. Dr. Saltonstall devoted his life to the
practice of medicine, and acquired great respect by his gentle
manners and kind disposition, his eminent professional skill, and
conscientious discharge of duty. There is an old lady living in
Haverhill who remembers his appearance well, and recollects his
coming to her father's house, a mile out of town, after a great
snow-storm, in snow-shoes. At a time when all his brothers and
brothers-in-law adhered to those principles of loyalty to which they
had been educated, he remained true to those principles of civil
liberty and humanity which he inherited from his worthy ancestor,
Sir Richard Saltonstall, who came to America in the " Arbella," with
his sons and daughters, April, 1630. This conscientious adherence
to his principles separated him forever from those he most loved.
He d. May 15, 1815. His wife Anna, dau. of "Squire" Sam
White, one of the reputed rich men of the town, with her sisters,
the widows respectively of David Howe and James Duncan, gave
liberally to the funds of the First Baptist Society, whose church
was on "Baptist Hill." She d. Oct. 21, 1841. Children: —
1. Mary Cook, b. Sept. 20, 1781 ; m., Oct. 9, 1806, John Varnum,
Esq., of Haverhill; grad. Harv. Coll. 1798; Lawyer, member
of Congress, etc. She d. Aug. 7, 181 7; he d. July 23, 1836.
Children, all b. at Haverhill : —
1. Nathaniel Saltonstall, b. July 19, 1812; member of U. S.
Army; grade not known. Supposed (1853) not to be
living.
2. John Jay, b. Dec. 5, 18 14; educated in part at college;
Dist. Coll; not grad.; living in Indiana, a farmer.
3. Richard Saltonstall, b. April 13, 1817; m., June 18,1844,
Sallie Potter, dau. of William Potter, of Jonesville,
Mich., where said Richard and Sallie resided. He is an
apothecary. She d. Sept. 7, 1845, without children.
2. Leverett, b. June 13, 1783 ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1802; m., March 7,
181 1, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sanders, merchant,
of Salem, b. Feb. 29, 1788. He was eminent as an advocate
in Salem from 1805; Speaker of Mass. House of Representa-
tives ; President of the Senate ; member of Congress ; A. A. ;
S. H. S.; LL. D., etc.; d. May 8, 1845, greatly lamented.
Children, all b. at Salem : —
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1. Anna Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1812.
2. Caroline, b. Sept. 2, 181 5.
3. Richard Gurdon, b. June 29, 1820; d. Feb. 22, 1821.
4. Lucy Sanders, b. Feb. 10, 1822; m., June 30, 1847, to Dr.
John Francis Tuckerman, of Boston. Children, b. in
Salem : —
1. Leverett Saltonstall, b. April 19, 1848.
2. Francis, b. June 11, 1849.
3. Charles Sanders, b. June 31, 1852.
5. Leverett, b. March 16, 1825; grad. Harv. Coll. 1844;
Lawyer in Boston; m., Oct. 19, 1854, Rose Lee, dau. of
J. C. Lee, of Salem, b. Jan. 24, 1835. Children, all b. in
Newton : —
1. Leverett, b. Nov. 3, 1855; d. Feb. 14, 1863.
2. Richard Middlecott, b. Oct. 28, 1859*.
3. Rose, b. June 17, 1861.
4. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 17, 1862.
3. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 1, 1784; m., Nov. 30, 1820, Caroline Sanders,
younger sister of Mary, his brother's wife ; a merchant some
years in Baltimore, but, after his marriage, a resident in Salem.
Highly respected till his death, which occurred suddenly at
Newmarket, N. H., Oct. 19, 1838. Children, allb. in Salem : —
1. Gurdon, b. Aug. 14, 1821 ; d. Aug. 20, 1821.
2. Catherine Pickman, b. May 18, 1823; m. Dr. Edward
Brooks Pierson, of Salem, April 28, 1846; d. June 25,
1852, leaving no children.
3. Elizabeth Sanders, b. May 26, 1825; m. George Z. Silsbee,
merchant, of Salem, Dec. 16, 1852. Children: —
1. George Saltonstall, b. Aug. 21, 1854.
2. Katherine Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1856.
4. Henry, b. March 2, 1828; grad. Harv. Coll. 1848; merchant
in Boston; m., Sept. 12, 1855, Mrs. Georgiana C. Apple-
ton, 2d dau. of Hon. N. Silsbee, of Salem. Child: —
1. Gurdon, b. Aug. 15, 1856.
5. William Gurdon, b. Dec. 22, 1831. Volunteered in the
U. S. Navy at the commencement of the civil war, and
has served with distinction.
4. Amia, b. Nov. 3, 1787; m., Nov. 29, 1820, James C. Merrill,
grad. Harv. Coll. 1807; Judge of the Police Court, Boston
(son of Rev. Gyles Merrill, Harv. Coll. 1759, Pastor of Plais-
tow Parish, Haverhill); b. Sept. 27, 1784; d. Oct. 4, 1853.
Children, b. in Boston : —
1. James Cushing, b. Aug. 9, 1822; grad. Harv. Coll. 1842;
m., Oct. 30, 1850, Jane Hyslop Hammond, of Boston;
Lawyer in Boston. Child : —
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1 80
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
I. James Cushing, b. March 26, 1853.
2. Samuel Gyles, b. Feb. 15, 1824; d. April 28, 1830.
3. Anna Saltonstall, b. June 19, 1828; m. Henry V. Ward, of
Boston, April 23, 1862. Child: —
1. Anna, b. Feb. 13, 1863.
4. Matilda Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1832; m. Edward F. Adamsr
of Haverhill, Oct. 16, i860.
Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1790; m., June 16, 1816, to Isaac Redington
Howe, Esq.; grad. Harv. Coll. 1810; Lawyer in Haverhill
(son of David Howe, Esq., merchant in Haverhill). Children,
b. in Haverhill : —
1. Nathaniel Saltonstall, b. April 24, 1817; grad. Yale Coll.
1835; m. 3d wife, June 26, 1846, Sarah A. Bradley, dau.
of Charles Bradley, of Roxbury, merchant in Boston.
Children : —
1. Susan Bradley, b. in Roxbury June 25, 1847.
2. Henry Saltonstall, b. in Haverhill Aug. 12, 1848. He
is Lawyer in Haverhill, and was Judge of Probate.
2. Mary Cooke, b. March 25, 1819; m., Sept. 30, 1851, James
H. Carlton, of Haverhill, merchant.
3. Caroline Matilda, b. Sept. 27, 1821 ; d. Aug. 9, 1844.
4. Ann Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1823 ; d. July 7, 1845.
5. William Garland, b. June 28, 1826; d. Aug. 26, 1826.
6. P'rancis, b. Oct. 8, 1827; d. Sept. 5, 1828.
7. William Garland, b. Aug. 1, 1829.
8. Francis Saltonstall, b. Nov. 8, 1831.
Richard, b. June 16, 1794; grad. Harv. Coll. 1813; merchant
in Baltimore; m. Margaret Ann Savage, oi Baltimore, but a
native of Accomac County, Va. She d. Nov. 1, 1834; he d. at
sea, 1834. Children, b. in Baltimore : —
1. Richard, b. Aug. 28, 1823; merchant in New York; m.
Maria J. Daniell Sept. 1, 1850. Children : —
1. Margaret Ann, b. July 1852.
2. Leverett, b. Aug. 11, 1853.
2. Anna White, b. Oct. 19, 1827; living in Haverhill.
Matilda, b. Dec. 9, 1796; m. to Fisher Howe, a merchant in
New York, June 16,1825; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 21,
1831. Children, b. in New York: —
1. Henry Fisher, b. March 30, 1826; d. July 8, 1827.
2. Matilda Saltonstall, b. May 15, 1828; m. to William R.
Gould, broker, of Brooklyn, N. Y., April 19, 1848..
Children, b. at Brooklyn : —
1. William Saltonstall, b. Feb. 7, 1849.
2. Edward Peters, b. March 6, 1850; d. April 23, 1850.
3. Frederic, b. Nov. 24, 1851.
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4. Edward Peters, b. April 10, 1854.
3. Anna White, b. Oct. 22, 1830; d. Oct. 15, 1832.
5. Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1754; m., Jan. 26, 1790, James Duncan, Esq.,.
a merchant and magistrate, of Haverhill, and a Major of cavalry ;
b. April 22, 1756. He d. Jan. 5, 1822; and she d. very suddenly
Nov. 4, 1838. Children: —
1. Samuel White, b. Dec. 18, 1790; grad. Harv. Coll. 1810; of
Haverhill; m. Mary White, his cousin. He d. Oct. 21, 1824,
s. p.
2. James Henry, b. Dec. 5, 1793; grad. Harv. Coll. 1810; a lawyer,.
and always lived in Haverhill. He m., June 28, 1826, Mary
Willis, b. Dec. 15, 1805, dau. of Benjamin Willis, Jr., mer-
chant, of Boston (son of Benjamin Willis, merchant, of Haver-
hill). Entering life under favorable auspices, he was always
a person of distinction. State Senator three years, and Repre-
sentative in U. S. Congress from 1848 to 1852, when he was
admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States ;
no less a person than Daniel Webster stood sponsor for him.
Very courteous in manners, he was highly esteemed by his
fellow-townsmen, and exercised, it is said, an almost un-
equalled influence as a debater, in the often turbulent town
meetings. Children: —
1. Rebecca White, b. Aug. 22, d. Sept. 22, 1827.
2. James Henry (twin), b. Aug. 22, 1827; grad. Brown Univ..
1848.
3. Benjamin Willis, b. Sept. 7, 1829; d. Oct. 22, 1830.
4. Rebecca White, b. Sept. 13, 183 1.
5. Mary Willis, b. July 12, 1833; m. Robert Hewins, Pres..
Northern Pacific R. R.
6. George, b. April 4, 1835; d. Feb. 17, 1840.
7. Susan R., b. March 8, 1837.
8. Samuel White, b. Dec. 19, 1838.
9. Rosanna, b. Oct. 7, 1840.
10. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1842; m. Rev. Theodore T. Munger.
11. George Willis, b. Jan. 3, 1845.
12. Caroline, b. Oct. 12, 1846.
13. Margaret, b. Dec. 30, 1847.
6. Sarah, b. April 9, 1757 ; m. David Howe, Esq., merchant, of Haver-
hill; his 2d wife. She d. Aug. 13, 1831, s. p.
7. Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1759; a farmer on the ancestral estate in Haver-
hill; m., March 22, 1789, Lydia Ayer, dau. of Nathaniel and
Lydia Ayer, of Haverhill. She d. Feb. 8, 1802; and he d. Dec. 15,.
1808. Children: —
1. William, b. Sept. 4, 1789; a farmer on the ancestral estate
(being the 7th male descendant from the 1st William and
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209
2IO
l8, 211
212
213
214
215
2l6
217
218
219
220
221
Mary White); m., July 4, 181 6, Priscilla Davis, dau. of James
and Abigail [White] Davis. He d. Sept. 25, 1835. Children : —
1 and 2, son and dau. died in infancy.
3. Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1821 ; m., Oct. 12, 1869, Mary A., dau.
of Judge Edmond Taylor, of Wilkesbarre, Penn. He is
Cashier in the Bay State Bank, Lawrence, Mass., having
held that position for twenty years. He owns the home-
stead in Haverhill, and has in his possession the original
Indian deed. Child: —
1. Bertha Hale, b. Dec. 5, 1871.
4. James Davis, b. March 31, 1824; m., Jan. 29, 1851, H. Ann,
dau. of Col. A. B. White Tenny (a descendant of the 1st
William and Mary White). The fulling mill which was
built by his ancestors William and Samuel, in 1721, gave
place, in 1876, to a new grain and plaster mill, built by his
father William, in which for a time he was interested with
his brother Samuel; he had charge of the mill for nine
years, until it was sold to the city of Haverhill, for aque-
duct purposes ; he then entered the coal business. With
all his interests, he was always a farmer on the ancestral
estate, occupying the homestead until Aug. 8, 1874, the
last of the family to live there. Children : —
1. Elizabeth Priscilla, b. July 27, 1856; m. Nathaniel
Stevens, of No. Andover, March 25, 1885.
2. Sophia T., b. March 31, 1859; d. July 22, 1862.
3. A. Tenney, b. June 29, 1862.
5. William Henry, b. July 26, 1828; m., Feb. 17, 1859,
Josephine A., dau. of Walter M. and Jane Richmond, of
Brunswick, N. J. Children: —
1. Jennie Richmond, b. July 2, i860; d. Aug. 6, i860.
2. William Henry, b. June 5, 1862.
3. Belle Porter, b. July 6, 1865.
4. Charles Wesley, b. Jan. 15, 1869.
2. Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1792; m. Samuel W. Duncan, s. p.
3. Sarah Brown, b. Sept. 29, 1793; m., Nov. 12, 1816, Joseph
Henry Adams, merchant of Boston, son of John Adams, of
Andover. Children : —
1. Joseph Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1818; a civil engineer and architect
of Washington, D. C. ; m., Sept. 29, 1852, Addie M.
de Leon, of Columbia, S. C. Child : —
1. Marion, b. July 29, 1853.
2. Caroline Matilda, b. April 4, 18 19; m., April 25, 1843,
Charles Royal Bond, of Boston, merchant, son of the late
George Bond, of Boston. Children : —
1. Elizabeth, m., in Haverhill, Nov. 8, 1866, A. Forbes
d/rvuJ.
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Freeman. The reception was held at " The Button-
woods," the home of her great-aunt Mrs. Mary White
Duncan. Mrs. Freeman has delightful memories of
the family gatherings and New England festivals,
when the Howes, Duncans, Merrills, with near neigh-
bors and friends, met with the White clan at the
"White Homestead," on Mill Street, where "Uncle
William " and " Aunt Priscilla " welcomed all with
old-time hospitality.
2. Gertrude, d.
3. Sarah P'rances, b. Sept. 20, 1820; m., April 30, 1845,
William Johnson Dale ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1837, M. D.>
1840, M. M. S. S. ; of Boston. Children: —
1. Sarah Frances; 2. William J.; 3. Edward Augustus
Holyoke.
4. Edward Franklin, b. Sept. 25, 1822; a broker of Boston.
5. John, b. Sept. 5, 1825; a merchant of Chicago; m., May 5,.
1852, Mary Hill, of Boston.
6. Frederick Sheridan, b. Feb. 21, 1828; d. Nov. 15, 1847.
7. Julia Maria, b. June 7, 1833.
4. Fanny, b. March 22, 1796; m. Wai'ren Whittier, of Haverhillr
and d. Oct. 27, 1827, s. p.
5. Lydza,b. Nov. 30, 1798.
8. Susanna, b. Dec. 2, 1761; m., Dec. 7, 1779, John White, her 2d
cousin. Died April 16, 1786.
(V.) JOHN WHITE, of Haverhill; m. (1st) MIRIAM HAZEN,
wid. of Richard Hazen, whose maiden name was Hoyt ; m. (2d) ELIZ-
ABETH HAYNES, dau. of Joseph Haynes, Esq., of Haverhill. Mrs.
Miriam d. April 1765; Mrs. Elizabeth d. April 16, 1836. He d. at
Methuen July 1800. Gravestones were erected to the memory of
herself and husband there. Capt. John White removed from his
native town about the year 1770; and lived, the residue of his life, on
a large and valuable farm in Methuen, bounded on the north by Spicket
River, and on the south by the Merrimack ; the road from east to west
dividing it. The present city of Lawrence includes it all ; the central
part of which was the central part of the farm. Feb. 18, 1767, he m.„
for his 2d wife, Elizabeth Haynes, dau. of Joseph Haynes, Esq., and
b. March 21, 1748; being 28 years younger than her husband. [Her
mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Clement, of Haverhill. Her
said father was son of Thomas Haynes, of Haverhill, who m. Hannah
Hariman Dec. 22, 1703; and who was son of Jonathan Haynes, of the
same town, "slain by the Indian enemy Feb. 22, 1698," as stated in the
inventory of his estate returned to the Probate Office. Her father^
Joseph Haynes, was b. Jan. 25, 171 5-16; and was m. Aug. 1, 1734. For
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his 2d wife he m. Mehitabel Marsh, of Haverhill, who survived him
many years, and d. over 89 years of age. By his 1st wife he had eleven,
and by his 2d twelve children, — 23 in all. He lived to the age of 86 or 87;
and was, through life, distinguished for his integrity and good sense. In
the former part of his life, he was a member of the West Parish, in
Haverhill, during the ministry of Rev. Mr. Bachellor, whom he pub-
licly charged with preaching false doctrines, during sermon-time, and
whose dismissal he finally effected. During the controversy on the
subject, he wrote and published several pamphlets in answer to some
of the reverend councils which were convened on the occasion; and
was thought to have evinced considerable ability in them. He also
published a tract on the subject of the laws of the State for a due
observance of the Lord's Day, about 1792; on which he took the
ground that Paley has taken on this topic ; viz., that there is no express
warrant in Scripture for enjoining upon Christians the observance of
the Jewish Sabbath. During the latter part of his life, Mr. Haynes
belonged to the Baptist Society in Haverhill, under the care of Rev.
Dr. Smith.]
FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF JUDGE WHITE'S.
Our venerable father died July 11, 1800, after a few weeks' illness,
his sons and most of his daughters being present with their mother.
He was a truly generous and kind father, really indulgent, yet reserved
in his intercourse with them, and did not manifest affectionate manners
towards them, nor take much personal care of their education or
management. He was distinguished among the various John Whites
in Haverhill, by being called gentle?nan John, being of an open, manly,
generous turn of mind and character. Though always a farmer, he rather
superintended than labored much in the management of his farm. He
first lived in Haverhill, but about 1754 removed for a short time to
Dracut, then again in Haverhill, till about 1770, when he bought the
noble farm in Methuen, of David Whittier, on which he lived till his
death, and on a third of which my beloved and venerated mother has
since resided. When the Rev. Hezekiah Smith, about 1766, introduced
the Baptist sentiment in Haverhill, and formed a new religious society
there, my father, who had been a great admirer of Whitefield, as well as
my mother, became one of his hearers and most resolute friends. He
accompanied his minister on a tour into the Jerseys and Middle States.
Dr. Smith appeared to value his friendship highly, and preached a
laudatory discourse at his funeral. This connection with the Baptist
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492, 230
501,231
526, 232
551,233
566, 234
Society in Haverhill, prevented the kind of intercourse with the Methuen
people which results from religious association. He never manifested
any taste for public life, nor held any office to my knowledge, except the
military one of Captain. I have always understood that my father was
early attached to Miss Hoyt, who became Mrs. Hazen, and whom he
married when she became a widow. After her death, having five
children, and being about forty-seven years old, he married my mother
for his second wife, who was then about nineteen. I have no recollection
of the slightest mark of unkindness, in word or manner between my
father and mother; and this led, perhaps, to the impression which I
always had of their perfect suitableness in age, as in everything else.
My father was large, erect, about six feet in height, light complexion ;
my mother small, dark eyes, and said to be, when young, very handsome.
Though he was fully in sympathy with my mother in religion, he had no
respect for ministers who relied on their learning and natural powers,
instead of the assistance of the Spirit; and who preached from notes,
or, as he called it, read sermons. I have heard him declare to some of
the Methuen people, who had taxed him for such preaching, that, if they
wanted reading instead of preaching, he would himself read to them,
and with a good loud voice (raising his voice, which was remarkably
powerful), better sermons than they had, and for half the price they paid.
He was generous and noble spirited, yet so careful that nothing should
be lost, that I had, when young, the impression that he was rather close
and saving ; but, while he wished nothing should be lost, he was com-
paratively indifferent what became of it, provided it went to do good.
He had never accumulated property; and had not his brother William,
of Boston, — a rich merchant, who died in 1774, leaving about $100,000,
without children, — provided means, I know not how my father would
have been able to keep till his death his large farm, and bring up,
as he did, so large a family of children. It was owing to a dividend
from this estate that my father was enabled to send me to college, and
to defray my expenses there; which, however, in part, I afterwards
refunded. My mother was left a widow at the age of fifty-two, with a
long life before her of toils and cares for others. Never was mother
more tender, affectionate, disinterested, unwearied, and self-denying in
her devotion to the wants, and even wishes, of her children, and in her
labors for their good and happiness, than my own blessed, beloved, and
venerated mother. Children : —
1. William, b. in Haverhill Aug. 1, 1754; of Boston.
2. Moses, b. June 29, 1756.
3. Miriam, b. Sept. 27, 1758; m. John Bodwell, of Methuen.
4. Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1760; m. Jacob Hall, of Methuen.
5. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1762; m. James Wilson, of Worcester.
6. Lydia, b. 1764; d. in infancy.
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[By his 2d wife Elizabeth.]
571, 235 7. Rebecca, b. Nov. id, 1768; m. David Morse.
581, 236 8. Joseph Haynes, b. Dec. 20, 1770; was a physician.
588,237 9. John Phillips, b. in Methuen June 5, 1772; of Pelham, N. H.
238 10. Nathaniel Hazen, b. in Methuen July 17, 1774; a merchant of
Rutland; m. in Rutland Nov. 17, 1803, Charlotte Hazen
Atlee, youngest dau. of the late Judge William Augustus Atlee,
of Lancaster, Penn. He d. Dec. 25, 1804, leaving one child ; viz. : —
1. Nathaniel Hazen, b. 1804; d. May 10, 1805, aged 9 mos.
600,239 11. Daniel Appleton, b. June 7, 1776; grad. Harv. Coll. 1797; of
Salem; d. March 30, 1861. <= —
240 12. Charlotte, b. March 18, 1778; unm.
13. Polly, b. March 6, d. May 3, 1780.
643,241 14. Trueworthy, b. Sept. 3, 1781; of Methuen; d. Oct. 31, 1838, at
Methuen.
15. Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1784; m., Dec. 31, 1816, Stephen Webster
Marston, Esq., a Lawyer of Newburyport, b. in Oxford, N. H.;
grad. Dart. Coll. 181 1. She d. July 30, 1836. Children: —
243 1. George Phillips, b. April 22, 1818; bred a merchant in New
York ; is now engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits
in Atkinson, Wis. He m., Oct. 1850, Harriet Marston, only
dau. of Capt. Jeremiah Marston, of Oxford, N. H. Children : —
244 1. George White, b. Oct. 22, 1851.
245 2. Dau. b. April 13, 1853.
246 2. Stephen Webster, b. Oct. 11, 18 19.
247 3. Willia?n Augustus, b. May 22, 1821 ; educated at Dart. Coll.,.
but did not graduate ; was a Lawyer of Newburyport; d. March
23, 1853, unm.
4. Daniel White, b. Feb. 15, d. Sept. 15, 1823.
248 5. Mary Wilder, b. Dec. 6, 1824; d. Aug. 23, 1845.
249 6. Charles Story, b. July 12, 1827; d. Sept. 30, 1845.
250 16. Anna, b. July 28, 1786; m., Nov. 28, 181 1, Jonathan Kimball.
Smith, b. Jan. 25, 1774, son of Rev. Hezekiah Smith. She d. in
1878, aged 92. Child: — •
251 1. Mary White, b. Feb. 8, 1813; m. in Newton, Sept. 16, 1834,.
Rev. Samuel Francis Smith, of Boston, b. Oct. 21, 1808;
author of "My Country, 't is of Thee;" grad. Harv. ColL
1829; Prof, of Waterville Coll.; Pastor of the Baptist Church
at Newton Centre; connected with the Baptist Missionary
Board. Children : —
252 1. Mary White, b. in Waterville Aug. 5, 1835; m. Howard
Malcolm Jones April 27, 1858. Child: —
1. Henry Wild, b. June 9, 1859.
253 2. Samuel Francis, b. in Waterville Sept. 5, 1836.
254 3. Ann White, b. and d. in Waterville Sept. 15, 1837.
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4. Sarah Bryant, b. in Waterville Oct. 18, 1838.
5. Daniel Appleton White, b. June 18, 1840; grad. Harv. Coll.
1859; stud, at Baptist Theol. Sem., Newton Centre.
6. Elizabeth White, b. July 23, 1841 ; d. March 24, 1842.
7. Caroline Edwards, b. in Newton Aug. 19, 1843.
8. Charles Bradley, b. 14, d. 17, June, 1845.
9. Ewing Underwood, b. March 2, 1849.
George, b. March 12, 1790; unm.
(V.) TIMOTHY WHITE, son of William and Sarah Phillips White,
b. in Haverhill Sept. 23, 1724; m. ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY,
dau. of Gapt?*™*"*"*^ Montgomery [who commanded a ship sailing
between Boston and London]. He was sometime a bookseller of
Boston, afterwards of Plaistow, N. H., where he d. Sept. 1791, aged 6j.
His portrait is now in the possession of his gr.-grd. dau., Mrs. Annie F.
Richards. It represents a benevolent and cheerful personage ; the merry
expression about the eyes leads one to accept, as true, the following
story handed down from father to son : His two young sons came to
him one morning, to ask for a written excuse to carry to their master,
for truancy the previous day; their father granted the request, and the
boys departed, note in hand, happy to escape the punishment for their
wrong-doing. The master read, " You will please excuse Timothy, and
James for playing truant yesterday, but give them all they deserve to-
day.'1'' His father left an estate valued at ,£4,070 3s. In his will, dated
Dec. 26, 1737, he says, "For my five sons my will is that they shall be
all equal snarers in my Estate, and what shall be lay'd out upon my two
youngest sons [Timothy & Phillips] after they come to the age of four-
teen for trades, shall be reducted out of their portion, and my two
daughters shall be equal to one son." Timothy, one of the sons men-
tioned in the will, with his sister Mary, " both being minors and upwards
of fourteen years of age, do put and constitute our uncle Capt. Nichs.
White, of Haverhill, in ye county of Essex, gent., to be our Guardian."
He was also the executor of their father's will. This document, bearing
the siguatures of the youthful Timothy and Mary, is in the possession
of his gr.-grd. dau. Mrs. Augusta Plummer Foster, and is greatly prized
as the only writing preserved in his own hand. His brother William
(page 16), a merchant of Boston, d. 1773, leaving no children. His
estate, say Dr. Shattuck's notices, amounted to ,£9,326 3s. 3d., a portion
of which fell to his brother Timothy. The following extracts are gleaned
from the probate records : " He did not mention his brothers in his will,
neither was any disposition made of the residue of the estate, therefore,,
about the time the will was probated the heirs signed and sealed an
agreement in which they set forth, that whereas it was evident from
memoranda left by said William it was his intention that there should
have been a disposition of the residue, and that such a disposition was;.
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intended for the brothers, therefore they agreed that after payment of
the legacies, etc., according to the terms of the will, the residue should
go to and be divided among the brothers, and at the same time the
other heirs having any claim to the residue released their rights. This
instrument was executed on Oct. 18, 1774." Children : —
1. Timothy, b. 1768-; left home at the age of 20 yrs., and was never
heard of afterwards.
2. James White, b. Feb. 21, 17745 m. (1st) Abigail Converse, dau.
of Amasa Converse, of Marlborough, N. H., b. Nov. 13, 1779, d,
Sept. 27, 1803, aged 32; he m. (2d), Oct. 15, 1804, Mrs. Susan
Rand, wid. of Capt. Samuel Rand, and dau. of Wait Atwood, both
of Plymouth, Mass. She was married at sixteen, and had one
gifted child by this marriage. He d. at the home of his son Joseph,
at Bangor, Me., June 27, 1852; she d. Feb. 28, 1851. In the
Hampden burying ground are monuments erected by their children
bearing the following inscriptions : " In memory of Elizabeth
Wait, daughter of Samuel and Susan Rand, born in Plymouth, who
died July 1, 1826, aged 27 years. There is rest in heaven."
"James White, born Feb. 21, 1774, died June 27, 1852, aged 78.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." " Susan White, wife
of James White, born Sept. 18, 1780, died Feb. 28, 1851, aged 70.
Our mother, we cherish her memory. She Sleeps in Jesus."
"Mrs. White was baptised by Dr. Baldwin, in Boston, in 1803. In
1 816, she removed to Hampden, Me., where she commenced that course
of active and consistent piety which distinguished her to the day of her
death. A Sabbath School was at once opened (though in a mere wilder-
ness), which she continued in her house for thirty years. To her belongs
the high honor of establishing the first Sabbath School in the State of
Maine ; though at first designed for the benefit of her own family, other
children, being invited, came in, until it eventually numbered forty or
fifty children. These labors she engaged in every Sabbath day, after
returning three miles from the meeting which she constantly attended.
So great was the interest she exerted, that the children would wade
through the deep and sometimes unbroken snows, from a circuit of four
or five miles, arriving at her house drenched with wet. This fact shows
the wonderful power she had over the minds of youth, and which dis-
tinguished her in an eminent degree. Having no library in that early
age of the Sabbath School enterprise, to supply the wants of the desti-
tute she procured frequent donations of Bibles and Testaments from
her old friends in Boston, who cherished a lively interest in her labors.
Her plan was to give each one a Testament, who would commit to
memory the Sermon on the Mount. In this manner she gave away
more tha?i a thousand Bibles and Testaments. A few when they had
gained their prize left the school; but the great majority continued for
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months and years under her instructions. Many of them she afterwards
saw settled around her in life. How much good she accomplished by
this agency the revelations of the last day only can unfold. It is believed
that one brother now laboring in the ministry in this State, ascribes his
conversion, under God, to the instructions received in this school.
Sister White's illness was short and sudden, and was not considered
dangerous till a day or two before her decease. Her reason left her
the day before she died, except for a brief interval, when her husband
asked, 'Is Jesus precious now?' 'Yes, yes, yes,' she replied, and
added, quoting from a favorite hymn of Watts' : —
' He's my defence from death and sin ; '
From foes without, and foes within."
But in truth, from her lips we needed nothing. For nearly half a
century she had been witnessing daily that 'Jesus was precious;'
and the eloquence of her godly and consistent life far outweighs any-
thing: she could have uttered in death. It was meet that she should
'die silent.' Her funeral sermon was delivered on the following
Sabbath afternoon, by her pastor, Rev. G. B. Williams, from Rev. 14: 13.
A large and tearful audience attested to the high respect and love with
which she was regarded. Her absence will be painfully felt in the
house of God and in conference of the church ; but especially will her
cheerful smile and Christian conversation be missed in the circle which
for more than twenty years she enlivened with her presence. Yet her
influence is not lost. Constantly will they feel the sweet savor of her
glowing piety, her childlike faith, her gentleness and love. To a much
more than an ordinary share of intellect, Mrs. White united no small
amount of energy, decision, and perseverance. Whatever she undertook
was calmly considered and firmly accomplished. She possessed a large
amount of sympathy and genuine benevolence. Generous to a proverb,
nothing could exceed the delight with which she sought out poor
children and unfortunate neighbors for the purpose of ministering to
their wants. The interests of the church of which she was a member,
the cause of missions, of Sabbath schools, of education, in fact, any
benevolent object was sure to find a strong hold upon her aid, her
sympathies, and her prayers. Most delightful was it to witness her
simple and cheerful faith. If fears were expressed to her concerning
the welfare of the church, she would reply in her peculiar manner,
' Dear child, trust in God.'1 As an affectionate, devoted, and faithful
mother, she was beyond all praise. She succeeded in a remarkable
degree in leaving the impress of her character, her counsels, and her
prayers upon the minds of her children. It will be pleasing to her
friends to know that her companion is waiting in faith and patience,
ready for his* own departure. 'If,' said he, 'I knew I should be laid
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by her side in a few days I should rejoice.'. Henceforth, he desires
4 to know nothing save Christ and Him crucified.'"
Hampden, 1851. W.
James White was educated at the Boston Latin School, and was to
study law, for which his intellectual tastes well fitted him; his father's
death obliged him to relinquish this object, and caused a disappointment
to which he was never reconciled. At the age of 17 he was left alone,
the sole representative of his family, and under the guardianship of
relatives. Later in life he would talk to his children of the early com-
fortable, and even luxurious, home in Boston, which he had enjoyed
until his father's death, superintended, since the death of his mother, by
the stately housekeeper, " Madame Gerrish," who left a vivid impression
on his youthful mind. He was in business in Boston until 1816, when
the financial depression, consequent upon the recent war of 1812, caused
his removal to Hampden, Me., where he engaged in agriculture. He
had cultivated tastes, fine literary and intellectual ability, and was a
poet to an admiring family and neighborhood. A well-filled book of
treasured poems, in fine writing, was unfortunately destroyed in the
burning of the house of his son Charles, at Jamaica Plain, in 1850.
Cut off from earlier and brighter associations, Mr. White with his
able wife devoted themselves to the education of a large family; the
mother not forgetting, in her patriotic zeal, to assemble and read aloud
to her boys, every " Fourth of July " morning, the " Declaration of Inde-
pendence." With a few well-chosen books, and still holding interest and
correspondence with influential friends in Boston, who supplied them
from time to time with other books of value, they were enabled to
prepare their children for the duties of life. " He was an active and
important member of the Baptist church. A strict observer of the
Sabbath, and strong in his convictions of duty, a leader in town
meetings and political discussions ;" and it is said that, like Gold-
smith's schoolmaster, " E'en though vanquished, he could argue still."
He lived after his wife's death, in 1851, with his son Joseph, in Bangor,
and was interested in the benevolent works of the city and church. He
had a large Bible class of men up to the time of the short illness which
ended his life. Surrounded by his children and conscious to the last,
he passed away peacefully on Sunday morning as the church bells were
ringing. He wrote the following letter to his friend Hon. Heman
Lincoln, in reply to a letter of condolence on the recent death of his
wife, on date March 18, 1851, when in his 78th year.
Dear Friend,
Your very kind and sympathizing letter of the 13th
was duly received, and very heartily welcomed, coming as it did from
one of my earliest friends, and almost the only one living who can re-
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mind me of the days of my youth. You know well, that I have through
life been sailing through seas somewhat boisterous ; and for want of an
implicit confidence in the shipmaster, I have been subjected to much
unnecessary trouble and vexation. But it is now (through grace) very
different with me. I have been taught submission to the will of God
and to rejoice in the rectitude of His perfect government. Perhaps
there is no time in our lives when a separation is more keenly felt than
in old age, when, after having gone through the perplexities of active
life, we are hoping for a short season of calm reflection and tranquil en-
joyment, " before we go hence to be no more seen." A separation
between husband and wife in old age, is in most cases a truly irreparable
loss, and the survivor must plod on his way alone as best he may; a
host of circumstances present themselves to forbid a new union taking
place on earth. Mrs. White and myself had, for a long time past, been
expecting a separation, for altho' she had been uncommon smart and
active through the winter, she would frequently say she could not sur-
vive long: so that this bereavement, altho' sudden and unexpected at the
time, was anticipated. A new scene is opening before my few remain-
ing days. I have no desire, taste, nor energy for continuing former
pursuits, but am busily engaged in bringing to a close the hitherto pleas-
ing scenes of Hampden, where nearly half my days, and by far the
happiest part, have been spent. I have just entered upon my 78th year,
and I feel a growing unwillingness to be interrupted, unnecessarily, by
the petty concerns of time and sense. I am waiting for the stage unen-
cumbered by baggage of any description, and have only to move on.
"Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee
O, Lamb of God, I come."
Let us be very particular to not dishonor God by doubts and fears.
The union between Christ and his people is of such a nature, as makes
a disunion impossible. I wish you would remember me affectionately
to Brother Jenkins ; I had a short but very pleasant interview with him
when I was in Boston several years ago. I wish also to be affec-
tionately remembered to your Sister Sarah, because she is one of those
steadfast friends, the forgetting of whom is something entirely out of
the question. Your old friend and brother,
James White.
Children: —
1. Stillman, b. Sept. 10, 1800; d. Aug. 24, 1835.
2. Nabby (Abigail), b. July 21, 1803 ; d. Sept. 22, 1805.
3. Sarah (twin), b. July 21, 1803; m., April 29, 1823, Thomas
Penniman Stetson, a farmer of Hampden, Me., b. Feb. 1
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1797; son of Simeon and Elizabeth Kidder Stetson, of Wash-
ington, N. H. He d. 'March 18, 1868; she d. July 7, 1850.
Children: —
266 1. John, b. April 4, 1825 ; m., Oct. 16, 1856, Mary Ellen, dau.
of Philip and Hannah Lunt Owen, of Brunswick, Me.
Children: —
267 1. Warren, b. Oct. 16, 1858; m., June 6, 1888, Fannie
Bowen, dau. of George H. and Catherine Bowen
Green, of Boston.
268 2. Frank Owen, b. March 13, 1866.
269 2. James White, b. March 14, 1829; m. and d. in California;
left children.
270 3. Simeon, b. April 17, 1832; resides in California, unm.
271 4. Stillman White, b. Aug. 29, 1834; m., June 15. 1869, in
Boston, Josephine Rebecca, dau. of William G. and Zilpah
M. (Wilder) Cutter. He d. Feb. 23, 1881 ; she d. Aug. 14,
1887, leaving no children.
[By 2d wife.]
272 4. James (son of. James and Susan Rand White), b. Aug. 20, 1805 ;
a clothier, in Hampden, Me., where he d. Sept. 30, 1828, aged
2JL He m., March 28, 1827, Deborah Thomas, who d. Jan. 30,
1837, leaving one son.
273 5« Charles Austin White (son of James and Susan Rand ^Vhite), b.
Dec. 19, 1806; m. (1st), July 15, 1829, Huldah Arm, dau. of
Nathan and Huldah Hawkes Eaton, b. July 31, 1809. Truly
a helpmate, lovely in character, tender yet strong, her friends
found in her all the excellent and endearing qualities of true
womanhood, founded upon a pure Christian life and character.
With Spartan firmness and tender faith, she intrusted her
three sons to the " God of Battles " in 1861, for active service
in the Union Army, the two youngest being 17 and 19 years
of age. After honorable service, they returned unharmed at
the close of the war. Mrs. White was baptized by Rev. Dr.
Baron Stow, and joined the Second Baptist Church, under his
pastoral care, June 29, 1834. She severed her connection
with the Baptist Church in 1863, and was confirmed with her
daughter Alice into the Episcopal Church, by Bishop East-
burn, at Christ Church, Hyde Park, April 5, 1864. She d.
July 26, 1868. Mr. White m. (2d) Eliza Gerry Nov. 14, 1872.
He d. June 19, 1883, in his 77th year. Charles removed with
his parents to Hampden, in 1816, there to benefit by strong,
wise home teachings, and to read and re-read the best English
authors with which this remote home was provided. That
circumstances forced him early into the bread-winning arena,
thus denying a liberal education which he desired, he ever
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regarded as a misfortune. He returned to Boston at 16 years
of age, with letters to his Phillips connections, and was soon
in business, applying himself closely to the interests of his
employers. At 21, he started in the woolen and dry goods
business, and was well known as an enterprising and successful
merchant. He lived in Boston for a few years after his
marriage, then built a house and removed to Roxbury, that
part now known as Jamaica Plain. In 1834 this house was
burned to the ground ; it was rebuilt in the same year, and
occupied by Mr. White until 1849. *n ^'1S vear ^e received
threatening letters to extort money, the purport being that if
he exposed them his premises would be fired. The writer was
taken and convicted, but one of his " forty associates " executed
the threats contained in the letters, the stable was destroyed
by fire Dec. 6, 1849, and the house April 27, 1850. Mr. and
Mrs. White with ten children and three servants, barely
escaped with their lives, in their night clothes. Sewing
machines and ready-made clothing were then unknown, and
but for the generous action of relatives and friends, by whom
they were taken by twos and threes to be housed and clad, I
know not what the mother would have done with her homeless
children. Mr. White lived again in Boston from 1849 to 1853,
when he relinquished the dry goods business, and became
largely interested in real estate. He secured several hundreds
of acres in Dorchester, and through his unusual energy and
ability the prosperous manufacturing town of Hyde Park was
developed. Here he lived for many years. The seaside resorts
with the railroad facilities, and other improvements, extending
to and beyond Revere Beach are the results of his foresight
and earnest desire to see summer homes provided for families
with moderate incomes. Though he was the projector of
these and other great interests, he never claimed honors for
himself, being content to see the fruit of his well-laid plans.
As success came in his early business career, substantial
benefits were bestowed upon those left in the Hampden home,
tuition paid, money and advice given to younger brothers
starting in business, not forgetting the feminine comforts and
fancies to the mother and sisters. The great object since
leaving his parents, was to see them provided with a good
home for life. He writes, July 31, 1834: "Dear Father and
Mother, — I have forwarded to Augustus a deed for life to
both and each of you, of Homestead and Pomeroy lot. It is a
primary object with me to have you secured, in every contin-
gency, in the entire control and possession of the premises,
not leaving it in the power of any one to molest you. Thomas
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has long signified a willingness to purchase a part of the place,
and that he then should'be willing to do his part of whatever
you might require. I thought Stillman had better be interested
also, thinking it would be agreeable to him, as well as all the
family. They have each concluded to purchase, and I forward a
deed for them to put on record. I hope this arrangement
will give perfect satisfaction to all parties, and yourselves in
particular. We hardly know what is for the best, but whether
this arrangement prove a blessing to us all, or otherwise, the
motive that has impelled to the arrangement has been to pro-
mote 'peace and good will' in the family." One who "knew
Mr. White, both in his daily walk and at his fireside for many
years," writes of him : " His years exceeded the allotted time
of the psalmist, and were not uneventful, for this was a busy,
thoughtful, earnest life, one most singularly crowned with
good thoughts, kind words, and good deeds for others. His
kindness and generosity knew no limit, but he shrank from
1 any house-top announcement of them, and his own left hand
f" never knew what his right hand did. For himself or his own
interests, immediate or remote, he never seemed to have a
' care or to entertain a thought. And he was a philosopher in
the highest and best sense, because he seemed without an
effort to turn towards him the silver lining to every cloud.
Troubles never appeared to trouble him, and obstacles that
crushed most men made his spirits all the more buoyant, and
in some marvellous way only seemed to put him in better trim
for trying to surmount them. And this wonderful ever-present
power was the well-earned result of a mind thoroughly intel-
lectual and thoroughly disciplined, for he was a reading and a
thinking man, and his mind was a large storehouse of valuable
information. He was much interested in the city of Boston,
in her commercial prosperity and business growth, and in her
people. Nor was he limited to this pent-up Utica, for his
mind was of broader scope, and took in, in an ardent patriotism
and comprehensive grasp, not only our whole country, its
politics, government, and people, and its future, but those of
every European nation; for he read and remembered and
thoroughly digested everything. He was a devoted admirer
of Daniel Webster, and passed the last night of Webster's life
with him at his bedside in Marshfield, and was with him at the
last. Familiar with all of Webster's public speeches, he could
in an instant tell if a passage was misquoted. He was fond
of, and familiar with, the Bible, and with the best authors, and
he could easily repeat at will much of the sublimest poetry of
our language, and when he did repeat it, he felt it all. His
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aspirations were always noble and high, his sense of right and
justice strongly marked, and throughout his life he could
willingly wrong no man, nor speak ill of any one (a fine thing,
that), nor do anything mean or dishonest, low or small, or
harbor any thought of such. What Lucan said of Caesar
never could be said of him : ' Gaudetque viam fecisse ruina."1
And he was a gentleman of the old school, of fine and
courteous manners, of true nobility of character, and of a
disposition unalterably sweet and kind. His presence always
charmed, as his wise counsel, always cheerily given, never
failed to help. Generous, kind, good soul, at rest at last.
May we be as sure as he of hearing that welcome : ' Well
done, good and faithful servant,' enter." He was an ardent
patriot and spared no pains to perpetuate the principles which
he had accepted as a precious legacy. Inheriting from his
New England ancestry a deep religious faith, combined with
an intellect of a high order, he met with true philosophy the
varied changes of life with cheerfulness and trust. He
rejoiced not in unrighteousness, but rejoiced in truth, believ-
ing, hoping, and enduring all things, until, at the close of a long
and useful life, he entered peacefully into the eternal rest.
Children : —
274 1. Charles Austin, b. in Boston Aug. 3, 1830. He was first
in business in New York. — afterwards was with his father
in real estate. He now lives in Boston.
175 2. James Cushing, b. in Boston July 20, 1832; m. in Cam-
bridge, April 29, 1869, Mary, dau. of George and Susan
Farley Treadwell Nichols, b. April 1, 1846. He went to
California in 1851, returned ill to his father's home in 1853,
and became interested in real estate. He served three
years in the Union Army as 1st Lieut. Co. G., 44th Mass.
Vols., and as Capt. in 2d Heavy Artillery. Child : —
276 1. Austin Treadwell, b. in Cambridge Sept. 14, 1871.
He is now in business in Boston.
277 3. William Augustus, b. in Boston March 24, 1834; m., June
4, 1864, Georgiana Melville, dau. of William and Lydia
Melville Rice. He was first in a banking house in one of
the large Western cities, where he gave most faithful
service. He returned home in poor health, and was
obliged to take a sea voyage to California, his friends
hoping that this change would prolong a most precious
life. He established himself there in the banking busi-
ness, in which he was successful. He returned to Boston
in 1864, was married, and entered business which he con-
tinued until shortly before his death, May 17, 1868. He
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had many rare and lovable qualities, and endeared himself
to all who knew him by his high moral character, refined
manners, and cultivated tastes. Children: —
1. Fanny Richards White, b. Aug. 13, 1865.
2. Martha Whitmore, b. May 3, 1868; d. Sept. 5, 1871.
Caroline Davis, b. in Jamaica Plain July 30, 1836; d. in
Boston June 31, 1853, 16 years of age.
"None knew thee but to love thee,
None named thee but to praise."
Annie Frances, b. in Jamaica Plain July 5, 1838; m., March
29, 1858, Reuben Augustus Richards, b. in Boston Sept.
22, 1822, son of Reuben and Eliza Bordman Richards,
a successful merchant, succeeding his father in the metal
house of Richards & Co., founded in 1812. He is a
descendant of Edward Richards, one of the " proprietors
of Dedham, Mass., 1630-7, who, according to tradition,
bore the sobriquet of ' Gent. Richards.' He began life
with more means than most planters of Dedham, and
left his descendants good estates ; he obviously aspired
to a manor, and was the only planter of Dedham who did
so. Extensive tracts were early granted by the General
Court to the high men of the colony, and to no others.
These were expected to be manors. One of these tracts
was evidently purchased by Gent. R., and he proceeded
independently, receiving no house or home lot in the
town, as did all the others. Here he read his Bible,
communed with his Redeemer, interceded for his race,
and ended his pilgrimage. His homestead, the place
now owned and occupied by Rev. Dr. Burgess, he gave
to his son Nathaniel." (See Gen. Reg. Vol. III.)
Children: —
1. Caroline Frances, b. at Milton, Mass., April 29, 1859;
m., July 2, 1884, Lieut. Warren Putnam NewcombT
5th Artillery, U. S. A., b. at Hartford, Conn., July 20,
1859. Grad. West Point military academy June 1882,
where he is now instructor. He is the only living
male descendant of Gen. Joseph Warren, and the
gr. gr. grandson of the two revolutionary heroes
whose names he bears. " The wife of General Warren
died before him; the battle of Bunker Hill left their
four children orphans. The two sons died unmarried ;
the elder daughter died childless. The younger
daughter, Mary, m. (1st) Samuel Lyman, of North-
hampton, Mass.; the child by this marriage died in
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infancy. She m. (2d) in 1803 Hon. Richard E.
Newcomb, of Greenfield, Mass., and left one son,
Joseph Warren Newcomb; he m. Sarah Wells
Alvord ; they had an only son and daughter. The
son, Joseph Warren Newcomb, Jr., m., Oct. 20, 1858,
Mary Sumner, dau. of Dr. George and Elizabeth
Putnam Sumner, of Hartford, Conn,, and gr. grd.
dau. of Gen. Israel Putnam. He d. Oct. 17, 1866;
she d. Dec. 30, 1887, leaving one child, Warren
Putnam Newcomb, b. 1859. The daughter, Sarah
Alvord Newcomb, m., May 19, 1864, Dr. Buckminster
Brown, of Boston, a lineal descendant of Dr.
John Warren — brother of Gen. Joseph Warren."
Children : —
1. Marion Warren, b. at Ft. Omaha, Neb., April 15,
1885.
2. Frances Richards, b. at West Point, N. Y., Jan.
1, 1889.
2. Reuben Francis, b. in Boston June 25, 1864. He was
admitted, at the age of twenty-one, as partner in the
metal house of Richards & Co., of which his grand-
father, Reuben Richards, was the founder in 1812.
6. Henry T. M., b. in Jamaica Plain March 31, 1840; d. April
1858, at eighteen years of age, after prolonged suffering,
borne with patient cheerfulness, leaving the memory of a
beautiful self-sacrificing life.
7. John Eaton, b. in Jamaica Plain April 4, 1842; m. in
Cambridge, Sept. 14, 1865, Lucy Nichols, b. Sept. 21 r
1844, dau. of George and Susan Farley Treadwell Nichols.
He entered the Union Army at 19 years of age, May 13,
1 861, as 2d Lieut. Wightman Rifles, attached to the 4th
Mass. Militia, Capt. Co. G. Union Coast Guard, after-
wards 99th N. Y. Vols. Aug. 24, 1 86 1. Asst. Inspector
Genl. 3d. Div., 18th A. C, April 19th, to July 1, 1864,
when he was mustered out of the U. S. service. He has
since been in business in Boston and New York.
Children : —
1. Anna, b. June 7, 1866; m., Nov. 22, 1887, Herbert
Augustus Sherman, son of Edward Standish and
Caroline Townsend Sherman, a lineal descendant of
Roger Sherman, b. in Newton, Mass., April 19, 1721,
A. M. Yale Coll., 1786. He went from Stoughton to
New Milford, 1743, an<3 to New Haven, 1761. He
was a member of the Continental Congress 1774, a
signer of the Declaration of Independence; U. S.
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Senator„i79i, to his death, July 23, 1793. (See Bond's
Hist. Watertown, p. 431.) Child : —
286 1. Roger Sherman, b. at Rye, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1888.
2. John, b. Jan. 31, 1868, d. Feb. 6, 1868.
287 3. Mary, b. June 4, 1869.
288 4. Stephen Reynolds, b. Dec. 14, 1871.
289 5. Sara Pierce, b. March 24, 1876.
290 6. Ruth, b. April 12, 1882.
291 7. George Nichols, b. Oct. 1, 1884.
292 8. Edward Peters, b. in Jamaica Plain, Feb. 16, 1844, m. in
Paris, France, Apr. 30, 1873, Anna Melville Rice White.
He entered the Union Army at 17 years of age, in 1861,
as Orderly Sergt. Co. E, 44th Mass. Vols., for nine months'
service, and re-enlisted in the 2d Heavy Artillery as Lieut,
and was mustered out of service at the close of the war.
He has since been in business in New York.
293 9. Marion, b. June 21, 1846, m. Oct. 10, 1867, Lieut.-Col.
Abram Calvin Wildrick, 5th Heavy Artillery U. S. A., b.
at Blairstown, N. J., Aug. 5, 1836, son of Hon. Isaac and
Mary Wildrick, grad. West Point, 1857. Col. of the 39th
New Jersey Vols, during the Civil War. Children : —
294 1. Charles White, b. Nov. 29, 1872.
295 2. Edward White, b. June 20, 1880.
296 3. George Albert, b. Feb. 8, 1883.
297 4. Meade, b. May 16, 1887.
298 10. Alice Goodrich, b. in Jamaica Plain, July 31, 1848, m.
July 17, 1876, Maj. James Brattle Burbank, b. in Hartford,
Conn., Sept. 11, 1840, son of David and Julia Brattle Bur-
bank. He entered the Union Army as Capt. of the 20th
Conn. Vols. Entered the regular service as Lieut. 3d
Heavy Artillery, and was for six years military professor
at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Children : —
299 1. Alice White, b. at Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1877.
300 2. Marion Brattle, b. at Ithaca, Aug. 13, 1881.
301 n. Hubbard Winslow, b. at Hyde Park, Aug. 16, 1853, grad.
St. Mark's School, Southborough, Mass.
302 6. Susan Rand, only daughter of James and Susan Rand White,
b. in Boston, July 12, 1808, m. in Hampden, Maine, August 13,
1835, John Lincoln, son of Nathaniel and Agnes Pennell
Plummer, of Topsham, Maine, a direct descendant of Francis
Plumer, who was one of the first settlers of Newbury, Mas-
sachusetts, about the year 1633. " Some say that he was from
Woolwich, England, others from Wales." In some lines of
the descent the name is spelled Plumer, in others Plummer.
He was a merchant in Bangor. Me. In 1838 they removed to
C££-^7 c<^i^i, //'. y £c«-^7^'
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Boston, where he engaged in business. A public-spirited citi-
zen, he was a member of the State Legislature, and for years
identified with the city government of Roxbury, where he re-
sided. In 1854 they removed to Brooklyn, and in New York
he passed the mature years of his energetic business life. He
d. in Netherwood, New Jersey, August 12, 1885, in the 73d
year of his age. Susan Rand, his wife, was a woman of intel-
lect and far-seeing ability, of broadly benevolent heart, and a
high appreciation of honor and rectitude, an earnest Christian
personally identified with charitable work. With her husband,
she was particularly active during the war, in caring for the
needs of the soldiers, and their home was ever an asylum for
the afflicted. She died in Plainfield, New Jersey, August 7th,
1872, and was buried from her home in Brooklyn, August nth.
Children : —
303 1. Susan Augusta, b. in Bangor, Me., June 16, 1838; m. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1866, Henry Jackson, son of
James Frederick and Caroline Dothwait Foster, of Bos-
ton, direct descendant of Reginald Foster "who came to
this country from England about the year 1638, and was
one of the first settlers of the town of Ipswich, Mass.,r
(See page 7.) He went with the 7th Reg. of New York at
the outbreak of the Rebellion, and later enlisted for the
war, as Adjutant of the 133d New York State Volunteers,,
serving for three years, mostly in the Department of the
Gulf. Children : —
304 1. Elizabeth Plummer, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 30,.
1868.
305 2. Philip Plummer, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1871.
306 2. John Franklin Plummer, b. in Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1840;
m. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1862, Emily Maria, dau. of
Joshua and Emily Hews Atkins, of Brooklyn. (See con-
temporary biography, published by Atlantic Publishing
Co., New York City. Vol. 5.) Children: —
307 1. Franklin Atkins Plummer, b. in Brooklyn, June 20r
1866; entered Columbia College 1884.
308 2. Alice Blackinton Plummer, b. in Brooklyn, March 5,.
1869.
3^9 3. John Franklin Plummer, Jr., b. in Brooklyn, Oct. 21,
1 871; entered Yale College, 1887.
310 4- Edith Emily Plummer, b. in New York, Nov. 14, 1877.
311 5- Howard Albert Plummer, b. in New York, Oct. 18,
1 881.
3. Charles Henry Plummer, b. in Roxbury, Oct. 28, 1842; d.
Oct. 27, 1845.
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4. Susan White Pliimmer, b. in Roxbury, Oct. 12, 1844; d.
November 17, 1845.
312 5. Albert Turner Plummer, b. in Roxbury, Sept. 13, 1846;
m. in Brooklyn, Nov. 30, 1875, Jane Augusta, dau. of
George I. and Phebe A. Seney, of Brooklyn. Children: —
313 1. Jennie Seney Plummer, b. in Brooklyn, Aug. 25, 1877.
314 2. Seney Plummer, b. in Brooklyn, Jan. 27, 1883.
315 6. Elizabeth White Plummer, b. in Roxbury, March 5, 1848;
m. December 14, 1869, in Brooklyn, Henry Elliott Bowen,
son of Henry Chandler and Lucy Tappen Bowen, of
Brooklyn. Children : —
1. Augusta Plummer Bowen, b. in Brooklyn, May 13,
1872; d. March 20, 1876.
2. Mildred Aspinwall Bowen, b. in Brooklyn, Jan. 24,
1875; d. Sept. 14, 1881.
316 3. Marion Plummer Bowen, b. in Brooklyn, January 29,
1877.
317 4. Ethel Plummer Bowen, b. in Netherwood, New Jersey,
November 24, 1879.
318 5. Elizabeth Plummer Bowen, b. in Netherwood, New
Jersey, March 2, 1883.
319 7. Tho7nas Atwoocl, son of James and Susan Rand White, b. Dec.
29, 1810; m., Aug. 16, 1832, Louisa Bond, dau. of Rev. Jonas
Hartwell, grad. Dart. Coll. 1787, settled in the ministry at
Kittery, Me. He entered the wholesale dry goods business,
at 18 years of age, in Bangor, Me., and was a successful mer-
chant of sterling integrity, well known for his liberality and
constant hospitality. He d. April 10, 1864. She d. Oct. 5,
1861. Children: —
1. Thomas B., b. Aug. 4, 1833; d. Sept. 10, 1833.
2. Ellen Louisa, b. April 28, 1835 ; d. Feb. 23, 1839.
320 3. Frances Maria, b. Jan. 8, 1837; m. Dr. Hebbard; d. July 23,
1881.
321 4. Cornelia Foster, b. March 10, 1839; m-' Aug. 30, i860, Rev.
Andrew F., son of Cyrus Forsdick, of Nashua, N. H.,
Cong, minister, grad. Theol. Sem., Bangor, Me. Chil-
dren : —
322 1. Edward Hartwell, b. July 9, 1861.
323 2. Frederick Sumner, b. July 17, 1863.
324 3. Ulysses Everett, b. Jan. 28, 1865; m., March 25, 1881,
Caroline F., dau. of Edward A. Webb.
325 4. Herbert White, b. April 6, 1868; m. a daughter of
Edwin S. Ayer.
326 5. William Luwit, b. Aug. 12, 1870.
327 6. Alice Cornelia, b. Nov. 12, 1872.
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328 7. Andrew Herman, b. Aug. 31, 1875.
329 8. Edith Gertrude, b. Dec. 27, 1878.
5. Edward H., b. June 16, 1841 ; d. March 1, 1846.
330 6. Thomas Herbert, b. in Bangor, Me., Oct. 5, 1843; m., Sept.
28, 1865, Fannie Augusta, dau. of James and Charlotte
A. Littlefield, of Bangor. He lives in Chicago, 111.
Children : —
331 1. Frank Herbert, b. in Bangor Dec. 7, 1866.
332 2. Reginald, b. in Bangor Feb. 28, 1871.
333 3. Charlotte Louisa, b. in Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 18, 1878.
334 7. Susan Louisa, b. Nov. 22, 1845; m., May 15, 1865, Ransom
Barrett, son of Dr. Jared Fuller, of E. Corinth, Me., Presi-
dent Boston Marine Ins. Co. Children: —
335 1. Mabel Louisa, b. April 8, 1869.
2. Edward Hartwell, b. May 16, 1871 ; d. May 18, 1871.
3. George Herbert, b. March 31, 1873; d. April 1, 1873.
336 4. Mary Cornelia, b. Feb. 23, 1874.
337 5. Maria Augusta, b. April 6, 1882.
338 6. Ethel Gertrude, b. July 19, 1884.
339 8. Alice E., b. Sept. 5, 1848; m., Sept. 25, 1867, Edward Pea-
body, son of Capt. Connor, of Castine, Me. He is in the
insurance business, in Boston. Children: —
340 1. Harrison White, b. Sept. 19, 1868.
341 2. Florence, b. Nov. 17, 1873.
342 8. William Augustus, son of James and Susan Rand White, b. in
Boston Feb. 28, 1813; m., June 2, 1836, Lucy, b. in Boston
June 14, 1818, dau. of Joseph and Lydia Beals Jackson. He
d. in New York City Oct. 14, 1872; she d. in Washington, D. C,
April 26, 1887. Her mother m. (2d) Rev. Lyman Beecher,
father of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
During fifteen years of invalidism, until his death, he lived
in Mr. White's family, receiving tender care from his devoted
step son and daughter. After private funeral service at Mr.
White's home, to which the friends and clergy of Brooklyn
were invited, eminent members of the Plymouth Church, of
which his son, Henry Ward Beecher, was the beloved pastor,
bore the coffin from home to church, followed by a vast con-
course of friends, where public services were held. William
Augustus was first named Stephen Decatur; but, in disap-
proval of the manner of his death, he having been killed in a
duel, his father caused his name to be changed to William
Augustus, and writes in the family Bible " From the respect
due a relative of that name (see page 60) who was sailing
master on board the American frigate ' Chesapeake,' and
there slain June 1, while supporting his country's rights, in
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conflict with a frigate called the ' Shannon,' belonging to the
world's pirate.
Do thou, my son, a generous spirit crave ;
Dare to be virtuous, honest, true, and brave;
And when thy country heaves a plaintive sigh,
Espouse her cause, tho' in her cause you die."
William passed his boyhood in Hampden, Me. He came to
Boston in his early manhood, and engaged in the wholesale
woolen business with his brother Charles until 1856, after-
wards in New York City. He founded, in 1868, the real-
estate firm of William A. White & Sons. The business is now
continued by his sons, Augustus and Alfred L. White. Dur-
ing his residence in Boston, he was prominent in the Free-
Soil and Anti-Slavery movement. He was associated with
Eli Thayer and others in organizing the Massachusetts
Emigrant Aid Society, for the colonization of Kansas, which
did so much to secure Kansas as a free State, in opposition
to the Missouri "Border Ruffians." He was one of the
organizers, and for many years a deacon, of the Tremont
Street Baptist Church, in Roxbury, and was active in all
Christian work. Children: —
343 1. William, b. in Boston Feb. 28, 1837; grad. Williams Coll.
1856; m., April 1, i860, Sophia Elizabeth, dau. of Edwin
Oscar and Sarah Williams Hall, b. in Honolulu, Sand-
wich Islands, July 4, 1836; d. in Santa Cruz, Cal., May,
1863 ; and he m. (2d) at Santa Cruz, April 25, 1870,
Mintie E. Allison, b. in Red Rock, la., April 15, 1850.
Children : —
344 1. Lucy, b. in Honolulu, S. I., March 25, 1861 ; m., in
Boxford, Mass., July 6, 1880, Rev. Frank H. Palmer
son of Asher C. and Annie Folsom Palmer, b. in
Cambridge, Mass., March 6, 1853; grad. Amherst
Coll. 1875, Andover Theol. Sem. 1880. Children: —
345 1. Herbert Hall, b. in Pomfret, Conn., July 20, 1884.
346 2. Allison Cleaveland, b. in North Weymouth, Mass.,.
July 15, 1887.
347 2. Edwin Oscar, b. in Santa Cruz May 6, 1863; m., in
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 28, 1884, Ella Louise
Street, b. March 16, i860; she d. in the same city
Feb. 6, 1887. Children: —
348 1. Clifford Franklin, b. in Honolulu Aug. 3, 1885.
[By 2d wife.]
349 3. Eva Louise, b. in Watsonville, Cal., Feb. 8, 1871.
350 4. William Allison, b. in San Franciso Feb. 3, 1881.
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2. Henry, b. in Boston May 15, 1839; m-> m Boston, Dec. 10,
1867, Henrietta, dau. of William Henry and Abigail Hill.
Children : —
1. Herbert Hill, b. in Rye, N. Y., June 29, 1869. Entered
Harv. Coll. 1888.
2. Norman Hill, b. in Montclair, N. J., Dec. 25, 1871.
3. Harrison, b. April 30, 1841 ; m., May 8, 1872, at Shokan,
Ulster Co., N. Y., Ella, dau. of Asa Bigelow and
Margaret M. Bushnell, b. April 2, 1855. He enlisted
on the breaking out of the Rebellion as private in the
13th Regt. of N. Y. State Militia, April 3, 1861, being at
that time 20 years of age. At the end of three months
he returned, and immediately reenlisted in the 6th N. Y.
Vol. Cavalry for three years. At the expiration of this
term he again reenlisted for three years. He entered the
United States service as a private, and was mustered out
* as Colonel, in command of the 2d Provisional Regt., N. Y.
Cavalry, at the age of 24. He is now President of the
Township, Beaver Creek, Minn. Children : —
1. Katie Louise, b. Oct. 4, 1873; d. Nov. 5, 1873.
2. William Harrison, b. March 14, 1875.
3. Elsie Bushnell, b. Dec. 16, 1876.
4. Seney Jackson, b. Jan. 4, 1883; d. March 13, 1883.
4. Augustus, b. April 22, 1843; m-> Sept. 15, 1874, Grace, dau.
of Thomas H. and Sarah J. Bird, of Montclair, N. J.
Children : —
1. Arthur, b. Nov. 5, 1875; d. the same day.
2. Thomas Bird, b. Nov. 23, 1876; d. Nov. 26, 1888.
3. Marguerite, b. Feb. 15, 1878.
4. Willard Augustus, b. April 17, 1882 ; d. June 9, 1883.
5. Lucy Jackson, b. May 17, 1844; d. April 11, 1845.
6. Louise Jackson, b. in Boston July 21, 1846.
7. Alfred Livingston, b. June 10, 1853; m., in New York,
Feb. 10, 1880, Eliza, only dau. of John Pomeroy and Eliza-
beth Avery Townsend, b. in New York Aug. 3, 1854.
8. Katie Shailer, b. Oct. 7, 1855.
9. Henrietta, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1858; d. March
4, i860.
10. Arthur, b. in New York Jan. 1, 1861 ; d. Aug. 1861.
9. Joseph Curtis, son of James and Susan Rand White, b. in
Boston Dec. 12, 1814; m., Sept. 8; 1835, Mary Ann, dau. of
Benjamin and Eunice Garnsey, b. in Effingham, N. H., Nov.
11, 181 1 ; she d. in Bangor July 14, 1882. He d. at the house
of his son, Fred H. White, Bangor, Me., April 2, 1889. He
removed to Hampden with his parents when two years old,
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and remained at home during his boyhood under rare Chris-
tian education and training. In 1829 he engaged in the
wholesale dry-goods business in Bangor, which he continued
until his death, nearly sixty years later. He was a man of
great enterprise and business ability, interesting himself in
real estate and all other affairs related to the prosperity of the
city. Masonic Block, which he erected in connection with
the Masonic Order, is a prominent monument to his enter-
prise. He served several years in the city government, and
was a candidate for Mayor at the election before his death.
Among other positions of trust he was President of the
Bangor Humane Society. He was also an ardent worker in
the temperance cause. Mr. White early united with the First
Baptist Church, and when, in 1845, the Second Baptist
Church was organized, Dea. White entered heartily into the
movement ; his name, with that of his wife, appears in the list
of original members. Closely identified with the varied
interests of the Baptist Society, he was for forty years
Superintendent of the Sunday school, three years President
of the Maine Missionary Society, and for nearly forty years
a most valued member of its Board of Trustees. His contri-
butions were large, averaging $2,000 annually. He was one
of the main pillars and supporters of the Second Church,
being largely instrumental in the building of its house of
worship. His daughter once said, in passing this building,
" If ever I come to want, I will take refuge under the
shadow of this meeting-house." His last Sunday but one on
earth was spent in the instruction of his Bible class, one of
the largest ever assembled in the Sunday school of which he
had been a teacher ten years. He was so weak that it was
necessary to take him to his son's house in a carriage, where
he died about a week later. Thus fell the "last leaf" from
the family tree, one of a large family of brothers and sisters,
each remarkable in their way. Mr. White in his private life
was no less conspicuous for rare virtues than in his business
and public career. Intensely active in good works, his giving
was systematical and generous, beyond what will ever be
known. Given to generous hospitality and boundless
charity, there seemed to be no limit to his purse or strength.
The sick and in prison, wherever the burdens of life pressed
heavily, received such spiritual and material aid from him as
to make his life a rare instance of devotion to Christian
work, thus leaving an abiding impress of his sincerity upon
those who came within the sphere of his usefulness. Honor-
able in business, wise as a counsellor and friend, a devoted
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husband and father, he seasoned all intercourse with a rare
wit and lively repartee, which made him at all times most
companionable. Children : —
i. Mary Elizabeth, b. in Bangor, Me., July 16, 1838; m., Nov.
24, 1859, Rev. Daniel C. Litchfield, son of Nathaniel
and Deborah Litchfield, b. in Scituate, Mass., July 5,
1823; grad. Amherst Coll. 1853, Newton Theol. Institute
June 25, 1856. He has held several pastorates; now
lives at Warwick, N. Y. He was a delegate of the
Christian Commission to the Army of the Potomac in
1863. Children: —
1. Isaac White, b. in Oldtown, Me., Sept. 4, 1861.
Received his professional education as electrical
engineer at the Mass. Inst, of Technology.
2. Mary Ella, b. in Andover, Mass., June 4, 1864.
3. Florence Deborah, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1874.
4. Alice Porter, b. in Warwick, N. Y., March 31, 1878.
2. Isaac Davis, b. in Bangor Aug. 7, 1840; d. June 30, 1862.
3. George Boardman, b. Aug. 17, 1842; m., Dec. 19, 1865,
Cornelia Walker, dau. of Thomas A. and Abby Brouwer
Napier, b. in New York City; d. in Brooklyn, March 21,
1889. He served three months in the 13th Brooklyn
Regiment in 1861, and is now in business in Brooklyn,
where he resides. Children: —
1. Frederic Napier, b. Dec. 4, 1866.
2. Henry Fisher, b. Nov. 20, 1869.
3. John Brush, b. Dec. 28, 1876.
4. Ellen, b. in Bangor Nov. 7, 1843; m. Charles W. Smith;
d. Oct. 18, 1878.
5. Joseph C, b. in Bangor Aug. 25, 1845; d. June 1884.
6. Etta Shuck, b. Aug. 28, 1847; d. March 6, 1850.
7. Fred H., b. in Bangor March 18, 1852; m., Oct. 7, 1885,
Susan Emily, dau. of Ferdinand Baldwin and Catherine
Anne Ashmead Heiskell, b. in Philadelphia, Penn., Aug.
14, 1856. He succeeded his father in business. Child: —
1. Joseph Curtis, b. March 2, 1889.
10. Hetnan Lincoln, son of James and Susan Rand White, b. at
Hampden, Me., Nov. 4, 1822; m., June 23, 1845, Lucy
Mcintosh, dau. of Rev. Duncan and Christine Mitchell Dunbar.
He was for forty years the beloved and honored pastor of
the McDougal Street Baptist Church, New York City. Mr.
White spent the first years in mercantile business with his
brother Joseph in Bangor, Me.; was later a merchant in
Boston. In 1850 he removed to New York, where he success-
fully engaged in business for many years. Yonkers, his
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home on the Hudson, was long the scene of his Christian
labors. As President of the Sunday School Teachers' Asso-
ciation and Superintendent of Sunday school, he gave with
untiring energy, time, thought, and money to promote the
interests of the church which he dearly loved. His impartial
qualities of mind fitted him to be a trusty counsellor, and
with his rare personal attractions his influence was powerful
and agreeable in all business and social relations of life. He
d. at Yonkers Sept. 19, 1869. Children: —
1. Katherine Louisa, b. in Boston Nov. 4, 1846; d. March
15, 1847.
2. Mary Dunbar, b. in Boston Jan. 21, 1849.
3. Lucy, b. in New York City May 22, 1852; m., April 18,
1872, Henry Pearl, son of Henry and Frances Cossitt
Talmadge, of N. Y. ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1868, now a
banker in New York City. Children : —
1. Lucy White, b. Sept. 22, 1873.
2. Henry, b. May 15, 1877.
3. Arthur White, b. Feb. 25, 1880.
4. Helen Dunbar, b. Aug. 30, 1881.
5. Frank Cossitt, b. Jan. 19, 1884.
4. Helen Atwood, b. in New York March 11, 1855.
5. Heman Lincoln, b. in New York Aug. 28, 1857.
6. Florence, b. in Yonkers, N. Y., July 1, 1862; m., Oct. 21,
1885, Lucius Hart, son of Henry Newell and Martha
Hart Beers, of New York; grad. Columbia Coll. 1881 ;
grad. Columbia Law School 1883; now a lawyer in New
York City.
Benja?nin Franklin, b. Aug. 19, 1825; d. Dec. 19, 1827.
(V.) Hon. PHILLIPS WHITE was an officer in the army at Lake
George in 1755. Upon his return, he^engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Newburyport, where he remained until 1765, when he moved to South-
ampton, N. H., where he spent the rest of his life, and d. Aug. 11, 181 1,
aged 82. He was a zealous patriot in the Revolution ; was a member of
the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire, held in Exeter Dec, 1775,
which Congress adopted, Jan. 7, 1776, the first State Constitution that
was adopted in the country, and about 6 months before the signing of
the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the Committee of
Safety; many years a member of the State Legislature, and Speaker
of the House; was Judge of Probate of Rockingham County, 1776 to
1790; member of the convention which met in Concord, N. H., June iot
1778; Rep. in U. S. Congress, 1780. "His appearance is described as
having a strong resemblance to that of Gen. Washington."
He m. (1st), May n, 1749, RUTH BROWN, of Newbury. She d.
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July 9, 1797; and he m. (2d), June 16, 1798, SARAH, wid. of Dr.
Dearborn, of North Hampton, N. H. She d. Aug. 2, 1808. Children : —
1. John, b. May 16, 1750; m. Betty French Dec. 28, 1769; d. in
Amesbury 1775. He went as clerk into his uncle William White's
store in Boston at the age of 15 ; at 21, he began business in Ames-
bury, but failed.
2. William, b. Jan. 12, 1752; d. in Southampton, N. H., July 1, 1806.
3. Phillips, b. Sept. 17, 1753 ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1772. Was lost at sea,
on his return from London, Oct. 8, 1774, where he had been to
recover property belonging to the Long family. It was supposed
by some that he was thrown overboard, as no papers or property
were recovered.
4. Ruth, b. July 8, 1755 ; d. April 28, 1801 ; m. Robert Long, of New-
buryport.
5. Nathaniel, d. in infancy.
6. Gilman, d. early. •
7. Molly, b. Jan. 20, 1759 1 m- Stephen Gorham, merchant of Boston,
June 20, 1776. She d. 1827. Children: —
1. Stephen. 2. John. 3. Polly. 4. Francis. 5. Harriet, d. Aug.
28, 1 810. 6. Thomas. 7. George. 8. Fanny. 9. Eliza.
10. Mary. 11. Frederick; and 10 more children not christened,
having d. young.
8. Nathaniel, b. March 8, 1761 ; m. Tabitha Morrill; resided many
years in Portsmouth, N. H., and d. in Deerfield, N. H., Sept. 27, 1806.
9. Rebecca, b. Dec. 15, 1762; d. Feb. 15, 1802; m. Benjamin Bell.
10. Gilman, b. Aug. 9, 1776; m. Brown, of Newburyport, where
he was some years in mercantile business; finally" deputy-sheriff ;
but in 1844 was residing in New Bedford,
n. Thomas, b. Sept. 4, 1768 ; d. Aug. 22, 1792. He was sometime mer-
chant in Newburyport; but, his health failing, removed to South-
ampton, where he d. unm. and highly respected.
12. Lydia, b. June 10, 1770; d. at Newburyport Sept. 2, 1779.
13. Richard, b. July 10, 1772; m. Sally Stewart; d. in South-
ampton Oct. 12, 1814. His wid. m. Phillips White, son of
Nathaniel. Children: —
1. Sally. 2. Ruth. 3. Richard. 4. Ruth. 5. Rebecca.
(V.) JOHN WHITE, grad. Harv. Coll. 1751 ; taught school some
time in Exeter, where he m. (1st) ELIZABETH GILMAN, dau. of
Dr. Thomas Deane, of Exeter, and wid. of John Gilman ; she d. Nov. 2,
1757; he m. (2d), Nov. 10, 1761, SARAH LE BARRON, of Norton,
who d. Feb. 17, 1802, aged 75 ; he d. Feb. 19, 1800. His funeral was on
the same day as the celebration of Washington's death. About twenty
buildings were destroyed by fire in Haverhill, including a large brick
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tavern belonging to Mr. John White, April 16, 1775. He was a membe1"
of the Provincial Congress in 1775, inspector of schools 1789, and was
on the committee in 1778 to supply families of those soldiers from the
town who were in the army. " Marchant White " was a wealthy and
influential citizen of Haverhill, whose house, built in 1766, is still stand-
ing on Water Street next west of the Merrimack Bank. This three-story
mansion was one of the most imposing and costly dwellings in the
region. Its deep and terraced front-yard, with tall poplar trees, flowers,
shrubbery, and ample stone steps, have all disappeared, and the street now
presses close to the house, which retains but little of its exterior aristo-
cratic appearance. The fine hall, with its stately stairway, is in good
preservation. At this entrance in 1789, George Washington entered to
visit Mr. White, and exchange healths with the merchant in a glass of
wine. Though earnestly invited to occupy apartments prepared for him,
he replied to his would-be hostess, that "he was an old soldier, and used
to hard fare and a hard bed." He is described as "tall, straight,
remarkably dignified, and wore a drab surtout, then a fashionable color
with the most respectable gentlemen." Mrs. Leonard White, dau. of
Senator Tristram Dalton, of Newburyport, and daughter-in-law of Mr.
John White, was a frequent visitor, some times of weeks together, of
Mrs. Washington. Rev. Hezekiah Smith writes : " Sept. 20, 1764, went
with John White in his chaise to Newbury." He owned the only chaise
in Haverhill. Children : —
1. John, b. in Exeter June 28, 1752; of Haverhill; grad. Harv. Coll.
1 771; m., Dec. 7, 1779, Susanna White, his 2d cousin. She d.
April 16, 1786; and he d. Jan. 6, 1816. Children: —
1. Charles, b. Nov. 12, 1780; of Haverhill; a wealthy merchant,
Colonel, Representative to the Gen. Court, and a magistrate.
2. Susanna, b. March 28, 1783, at Haverhill; m., Nov. 7, 1805,
Benjamin Green leaf Boardman, a merchant of Newburyport,
afterwards of Boston; she d. March 28, 1838, in Boston; he
d. March 10, 1858, in Boston. Children, six sons, two of whom
died in infancy : —
1. Edwin Augustus, b. Nov. 13, 1806; d. April 28, 1868, in
Boston; m. Mary Ann Dorr April 25, 1832. Children: —
1. William Dorr, b. Jan. 18, 1835; m. Alice L. Putnam, of
Salem, Mass., April 3, 1863 ; d. April 3, 1869.
Children : —
1. Emily Dorr, b. Aug. 1865 ; d. March 12, 1869.
2. William Dorr, b. Dec. 25, 1869; Harv. Coll.
class '91.
2. Edwin Augustus, Jr., b. Nov. 28, 1838; m. Harriet S.
Deblois June 30, 1875. Children: —
1. Edwin Augustus (3d) b. May 25, 1876.
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2. Richard Deblois, b. Oct. 6, 1879.
3. Gerald Dorr, b. Dec. 29, 1881.
2. Benjamin Greenleaf Boardman, Jr., b. May 29, 1810; m.
Sarah B. Dennie Sept. 5, 1843 ; d. Feb. 14, 1887, in Boston.
Children: —
1. Thomas Dennie, b. June 24, 1844; m- Annie Leeds, of
Boston, April 29, 1868. Children : —
1. Madeline. 2. Reginald.
2. Benjamin Greenleaf, b. Feb. 14, 1846; d. Dec. 1, 1850.
3. Eliza Dennie, b. Sept. 20, 1848.
4. Sallie Dennie, b. April 22, 1850. vvv.k\^5Ar\^w^^^^\iUA^
3. Charles White, b. Feb. 22, 181 2; m. Mabel Catherine East-
man July 29, 1841 ; d. Sept. 23, 1885, in Haverhill.
Children: —
1. Susan Mabel, b. Dec. 17, 1842; d. March 24, 1858.
2. Mary Ann, b. March 18, 1851; m. Benjamin F. Barnes,
of Boxford, Mass., June 20, 1877. Children : —
1. Mabel Dorcas, b. May 11, 1878.
2. Sarah Boardman, b. Dec. 12, 1879.
3. Katie White, b. Jan. 21, 1882.
4. Charles White, b. Jan. 25, 1885.
5. Benjamin Franklin, b. Nov. 16, 1886.
3. Catherine White, b. Nov. 5, 1853.
4. Moses Brown, b. Oct. 11, 1814; m. Harriet L. Springer
March 8, 1854; he d. Oct. 24, 1883, in Weston, Mass.
3. John, b. and d. 1787.
2. Samuel Gilman, b. June 2, 1754; m. Deborah Giddings of Exeter;
lived some time in Haverhill ; then moved to Goffstown, N. H.,
where he d. July 20, 1799; and sne d. in Concord, N. H., May 26,
1818. Children: —
1. Henry, b. March 29, 1778.
2. Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1780; d. March 8, 1818.
3. Edward, b. Aug. 6, 1782 ; d. July 3, 1808.
4. Samuel G.
5. Caroli?ie G., d. Sept. 21, 181 1.
6. Sarah, m. Judge Meacha?n, of Castleton, Vt. ; his 2d wife.
7. Mary.
3. Nathaniel, b. March 7, d. July 20, 1756.
4. Elizabeth, b. May 15, d. July 14, 1757.
5. Elizabeth, b. March 11, d. Oct. 19, 1763.
6. Peggy, b. March 2, 1766; m., Nov. 21, 1786, Hon. Bailey Bartlett,
of Haverhill. He d. Sept. 9, 1830; and she d. Oct. -154-1831.
7. Leonard, b. May 3, 1767; grad. Harv. Coll. 1787. " Leonard White,
ejus Liber 1782," written in his own beautiful copper plate, is the
legend in his " Thesaurus Lingnae Latinse." He was then fitting for
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college with Parson Shaw, and William Cranch was a fellow-student.
John Quincy Adams came from France, as he promised to join them.
Josiah Quincy, the most venerable man of his time in Boston, was
Leonard White's fag in college. He was always much respected,
was a long time town-clerk, many years cashier of the Merrimack
Bank in Haverhill, and was a member of Congress for Essex,
North District. He m. (1st), Aug. 21, 1794, Mary Dalton, dau. of
Hon. Tristram Dalton, of Newburyport. (Mr. Dalton grad. Harv.
Coll. 1755 ; was a senator in Congress.) She was a friend of Martha
Washington, and was often her guest, sometimes for weeks together.
She d. June 18, 1839, aged 68; and he m. (2d), June 21, 1842,
Hannah Cummings. He d. Oct. 10, 1849, aged 82. Children: —
Mary, b. May 16, 1795; m. David Howe, Jr., of Haverhill,
merchant ; afterwards of New York.
Leonard D., b. Dec. 9, 1796; m. Ann Bradley, of Andover.
He d. July 11, 1824, leaving wid. and one daugher; viz: —
1. Ann, m. Albert Benson.
Sarah D., b. Nov. 15, 1798; d. Aug. 21, 1820.
Katherine, b. July 21, 1800; d. May 18, 1802.
George, b. April 24, 1802; d. Sept. 17, 1826.
Frederick, b. Sept. 9, 1803 ; of New York, where he married.
Robert Hooper, b. Sept. 19, 1807; of New York.
Katherine, b. March 31, 1809; d. March 9, 1834.
Edward, b. March 25, 181 1 ; of New York.
10. John L., b. Feb. 19, 1814; of New York.
8. Henrietta, b. Aug. 21 ; d. Sept. 22, 1769.
(V.)JOHN WHITE (major), son of Timothy and Susanna; m. (1st)
ABIGAIL M'CORD, who d. April 3, 1777; (2d), MARY CALL, June
14, 1780, who d. July 10, 1830. Maj. John White was a tinplater in
Haverhill, a brigade-quarter-master in the Revolutionary Army. Chil-
dren : —
1. Thomas, b. May 19, 1764.
2. Rachel, b. Dec. 10, 1765.
3. James, b. Jan. 9, 1768; d. unm. Sept. 20, 1810.
4. William, b. May 4, 1771.
5. Margaret, b. June 30, 1773.
6. Caleb, b. June 29, 1789; d. July 12, 181 7.
7. Polly, b. March 18, 1792; d. Nov. 15, 1795.
8. Andrew Cragie, b. April 6, 1795.
(V.) SUSANNA WHITE, dau. of Timothy and Susanna ; m. ENOCH
BADGER, of Haverhill, Sept. 13, 1759. She d. Aug. 26, 1768.
Children : —
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4
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5
429
6
430
7
431
8
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1. Timothy, b. March 2, 1760.
2. Susanna, b. Sept. 7, 1761.
3. Hannah, b. June 3, 1763.
4. Enoch, b. March 6, 1765.
5. Joseph, b. Nov. 6, 1766.
(V.) LYDIA WHITE, dau. of John and Martha, b. Jan. 24, 1737; m.
NATHANIEL AYER, of Haverhill, Nov. 7, 1759. He d. Jan. 18,
1784; she d. Feb. 9, 181 7. Children: —
1. John, b. Oct. 5, 1758.
2. Hannah, b. June n, 1760.
3. David, b. Nov. 19, 1762; d. March 24, 1789.
4. Lydia, b. April 15, 1765; m. Samuel White.
5. Ann, b. Nov. 27, 1768; m. Martha Pettengill Dec. 29, 1791 (so
in Mr. Shattuck's paper).
6. Timothy, b. April 23, 1773.
7. Ruth, b. Aug. 12, 1776; m. Michael Carlton.
8. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 20, 1780; d. Feb. 18, 181 7.
(VI.) JOHN WHITE, son of Phillips and Ruth; b. May 16, 1750, in
Newburyport; m. BETTY FRENCH Dec. 28, 1769. He went as
clerk, at the age of 15, into his Uncle William White's store, in Boston.
Removed to Brentwood on a farm, about two years later. He removed to
Amesbury at the age of 21, and kept a store, where he d. May 1775.
Children : —
1. William, b. Oct. 26, 1770.
In a letter from Joshua Morse to Nathaniel White, of Lawrence,
dated West Rumney, Nov. 23, 1849, the following history of
William White's family is given : Maj. William White, b. Oct.
26, 1770; m. Sarah Greeley Sept. 21, 1791 ; he d. Oct. 26, 1806.
His children were as follows : —
1. John, b. Aug. 18, 1792 ; d. Aug. 25, 1792.
2. Ruth, b. May 28, 1793; m. Joshua Morse Feb. 22, 1821.
3. Betsy Greely, b. Jan. 25, 1796; m. James Foster Nov. 1, 1812;
Mr. Foster d. Mrs. Foster lives in Dorchester, N. H.
Children : —
1. Sallie W. Foster. 2. Rachel Foster. 3. David G. A.
Foster.
4. Sarah Greely, b. Oct. 16, 1798; m. John Lang March 27, 1828.
Mr. Lang is dead. Mrs. Lang lives in Ashland, County of
Ashland, Ohio. Children : —
1. Sarah Lang. 2. John Lang. 3. Martha Lang. 4. George
Lang.
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5. Col. John Langdon White, b. Feb. 3, 1801 ; m. (1st), Matilda B.
Hoit Sept. 1 8 19. He m. (2d), Mrs. Ruth Lincoln. He d. May
11, 1843. Children: —
1. Harriet D. White. 2. Betsy G. White. 3. Ruth White.
4. William L. White. (By 2d wife.) Matilda White.
6. Harriet, b. April 1, 1803 ; d. Jan. 23, 1805.
7. Maj. William White, b. Nov. 25, 1804; m. Martha G. DaU
rymple* Sept. 1830. Child: —
1. Sarah White.
2. Phillips.
(VI.) RUTH WHITE, dau. of Phillips and Ruth; m. ROBERT
LONG Aug. 26, 1773. He was some years a schoolmaster in New-
buryport. She d. April 28, 1801. Children: —
1. Mary, b. June 29, 1774.
2. Rebecca, b. May 25, 1777.
3. Robert, b. April 18, 1779; m., and went down East; left a son.
4. Ruth, b. Nov. 4, 1781.
5. William, b. Sept. 22, 1783.
6. Lydia, b. June 24, 1785. She m. a Dodge of Newburyport, tinplate-
maker.
7. Eunice, b. Feb. 3, 1787; m. Samuel Brown, a widower in Newbury-
port.
8. Fanny, m. a Pardon of Newburyport.
9. Charles, and 4 others who were not christened, having d. young.
(VI.) NATHANIEL WHITE, son of Phillips and Ruth; b. March
3, 1 761 ; m. TABITHA MORRILL, of Salisbury, Mass. He settled
first at Amesbury as a storekeeper ; then removed to Wentworth as a
farmer. He sold his farm, and removed to Portsmouth, and kept a dry-
goods store a number of years. From this he removed to a large farm
in Deerfield, where he died Sept. 27, 1806. Children : —
1. Phillips, m. wid. of Richard White, his uncle.
2. Sally, b. March 8, 1784; d. Aug. 1798.
3. Lydia, m. Charles Hodge, merchant, of Newburyport.
4. Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth Jenness, of Deerfield, N. H., formerly
of Amesbury; in 1853 of Lawrence; cashier, etc. Children: —
1. Nathaniel Gibnan, b. May 18, 1821; grad. Bowd. Coll. 1845;
m. Mary Anne Bell May 21, 1862. He was a lawyer in Law-
rence and President of the Boston & Maine R. R. ; he d.
Sept 12, 1886. Children: —
1. Elizabeth Walker White, b. July 26, 1863.
2. Clara Bell White, b. March 15, 1866; d. July 18, 1867.
3. Nathaniel White, b. Dec. 12, 1869; d. March 26, 1871.
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2. Sarah Elizabeth White, b. July 2, 1825; m., July 1, 1863,
George Wilson Hills.
5. Mary, b. 1794; m. Josiah Houghton, of Deerfield, lawyer, who d.
about 1833. She d. 1847. Children: —
1. Josiah, d. in infancy.
2. Josiah, b. April, 1825; d. June 30, 1850, in Detroit, unm.
3. Nathaniel Phillips, b. Sept. 20, 1829.
4. Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1833; living with her aunt Hodge, New-
buryport.
6. Theophilus Morrill, b. in Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 16, 1796;
m. at Deerfield, May 6, 1835, Maria Wells, b. at Wells, Me.,
July 23, 1798. Child: —
1. Nathaniel, b. at Deerfield, N. H., Sept. 27, 1836.
7. John Thomas, m. Cynthia M'Clure, of Merrimack, N. H., April
5. 1821. She d. at Medford, Mass., April 7, 1840; 2d wife, Mary
Chadbourn, of Waterborough, Me., Sept. 17, 1840. Children by
1 st wife : —
1. John Phillips White, m. Laura Leonard, of Cambridge, Mass.,
Aug. 28, 1842. Child: —
1. Alice Lavinia White, b. Aug. 28, 1849.
2. Henry Passmore, m. Chadbourn.
3. Mary Houghton, m. Elbridge B. Hartshorn, of Medford,
April 12, 1849.
4. Martha Crosby.
[Children by 2d wife.]
5. Charles Hodge.
6. Cynthia Josephine.
(VI.) WILLIAM WHITE, a merchant of Boston; m., Oct. 26, 1775,
his cousin, MARY CHANDLER, dau. of Rev. John Chandler, of
Billerica. She d. in Boston Feb. 21, 1794; and he d. Jan. 31, 1825.
Children: —
1. William Charles, b. April 17, 1777; a lawyer of Worcester;
"possessed of versatility of talents, which gave him some dis-
tinction as a player, poet, advocate, and author;" m., Oct. 23,
1805, Tamar Smith, dau. of James and Mary Smith, of Rutland.
She d.; and he m. (2d) in Sutton, Aug. 13, 181 5, Susanna
Johannot, dau. of Dr. Stephen Munroe. He d. May 2, 1818.
Children : —
1. Harriet, d. aged 2 years.
2. Frederick, d. aged 20 years.
3. Julia, d. aged 9 mos.
2. Moses Hazen, b. Nov. 8, 1778; d. June 5, 1829; highly respected;
m., Feb. 9, 1808, Isabella Frink, dau. of Dr. John Frink,
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of Rutland, Mass. She d. Nov. 9, 1810, leaving one child; and he
lived afterwards a widower.
1. Isabella Hazen, b. Sept. 16, 1809; m., June 25, 1832, Francis
Dana, Jr., M. D., Harv. Univ. 1831, M. M. S. S. ; of Boston,
(a grandson of the late Chief-Justice Dana, of Massachusetts.)
Children: —
1. Francis, b. in Boston Sept. 28, 1835; d. May n, 1843.
2. George Hazen, b. Sept. 2, 1837.
3. William Ellery, b. April 27, 1839; d. June 7, 1846.
4. Isabella Hazen, b. Feb. 9, 1847.
3. Charles, b. May 28, d. June 6, 1780.
4. Frederick, b. June 4, 1781 ; d. July 8, 1783.
5. Charles Leonard, b. Feb. 25, 1783; d. April 30, 1787.
6. Mary Chandler, b. June 9, 1785; d. Feb. 11, 1853, unm.
7. John Chandler (twin), b. June 9, 1785 ; a merchant in Mississippi;
d. Oct. 6, 1846, unm.
8. Harriet, b. Oct. 30, 1786; d. Sept. 30, 1850, unm.
9. Margaretta, b. July 2, d. Oct. 4, 1790.
503
(VI.) Maj. MOSES WHITE, of Rutland, was several years a clerk
in the store of Joseph Hazen, of Haverhill, the father of his mother's
first husband. . At the age of 20 he entered the army, and became the
aid of Gen. Moses Hazen ; and he served through the war with an
untarnished character. He m., Dec. 7, 1786, ELIZABETH AMELIA
ATLEE, eldest dau. of Judge William Augustus Atlee, of Lancaster,
Penn. She d. June 12, 1808, aged 43. After her decease, he resided
with his son, John Hazen White, of Lancaster, N. H. He d. at the
residence of his son-in-law, Rev. W. B. O. Peabody, D. D., of Spring-
field, Mass., May 28, 1833, aged 77. Children: —
1. William Augustus, b. in Rutland, Vt., Nov. 9, 1787. He (then
sailing-master) was killed on board the frigate " Chesapeake," in
battle with the " Shannon," June 1, 1813, and was only 26 years of
age. " He had the reputation of a brave officer, and excellent
general character." Lossing says, " He was represented as a noble
and generous young man. His loss was greatly deplored by his
friends, who regarded him as a young man of great promise. A
friendly hand wrote: —
' Columbia's page in gen'rous strains shall tell
The deeds of courage when her Lawrence fell ;
Honor shall gild the hero's spotless shrine,
And thine, O White ! with kindred lustre shine.' "
2. Esther Augusta (twin), b. Nov. 9, 1787; m., in Rutland, Feb. 17,
181 1, Rufus Putnam, Esq., a lawyer of Rutland; grad. Will.
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Coll. 1804; son of Josiah and Sybil Putnam, of Warren, Mass.
He d. Jan. 18, 1847, aged 64. Children: —
504 1. William Augustus, b. June 1, 1812; m., Jan. 13, 1833, Mary
Ann, dau. of William Clarke, of Princeton, Mass. She d.
Oct. 13, 1835. Child: —
1. Maria Clarke, b. May 10, 1834; d. Oct. 31, 1835.
2. Emeline Augusta, b. March 22, 1814; d. Oct. 8, 1817.
505 3- James Ruf us, b. March 17, 1816.
506 4. Elizabeth Amelia, b. June 23, 1820; m., Jan. 1, 1850, John F+
Estabrook, now (1853) of Brandon, Vt., son of John and Dolly
Estabrook, of Rutland. Children : —
1. Esther Augusta, b. in Fitchburg Nov. 20, 1850.
2. James Atlee, b. in Fitchburg Oct. 16, 1852.
507 5. George Atlee, b. Jan. 11, 1823; m., April 13, 1847, Philenia E.
Fletcher, dau. of David W. and Sarah Fletcher, of Rutland.
Children : —
1. Amelia Maria, b. 1848.
2. Mary Chandler, b. Nov. 20, 1849.
3. Sallie Augusta, b. Oct. 5, 1851.
508 6. Atlee White, b. Feb. 2, 1826; d. at New Orleans May 3, 1863.
509 3. Horace Stockton, b. Dec. 15, 1790; bred a merchant; d. June 17,
1812.
510 4. John Hazen, b. Nov. 19, 1792; of Lancaster, N. H. ; m. in Rutland,
Nov. 3, 1813, Roxana Robinson, of Watertown, Mass., b. July 16,
1792. Children: —
511 1. Harriet Stockton, b. Aug. 27, 1815; m. Dec. 10, 1845, Edward
Woodruff, a lawyer, judge, etc., of Cincinnati. Children : —
1. Edward, b. Oct. 19, 1846.
2. Harriet White, b. Oct. 14, 1852.
512 2. Moses Hazen, b. Oct. 2, 181 7; m., May 29, 1845, Mary Miller
Williams, of Waterford, Vt. Children : —
1. Harriet Wilson, b. June 23, 1846; d. Oct. 24, 1848.
2. Moses Hazen, b. March 10, 1849.
3. Mary Lizzie, b. Dec. 21, 1851.
513 3. Elizabeth Amelia, b. Dec. 31, 1819; m., May 31, 1847, Edwin
Seegur, M. D., of Northampton, now of Springfield, Mass.
Children : —
1. Charles, b. April 17, 1851 ; d. Sept. 9, 1852.
2. Edward White, b. Nov. 30, 1852.
514 4. Sarah Wilson, b. Jan. 23, 1822 ; m., June 16, 1845, David Hazen
Mason, Esq., a lawyer of Boston; grad. Dart. Coll. 1841.
Children : —
1. Ellen White, 1). March 22, d. Aug. 10, 1846.
2. Edward Haven, b. June 8, 1849.
3. Elizabeth Amelia, b. April 7, 1853.
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4. Henry White, b. May 20, 1857.
5. Frank Atlee, b. April 12, 1863.
5. William Atlee, b. July 30, 1823 ; of Lancaster, N. H. ; m., Sept.
2, 1846, Ellen Caroline Wolcott, of Charlestown, Vt. ; d. Oct.
25, 1825. Children : —
1. Julia Robinson, b. Jan. 8, 1848.
2. William Augustus, b. Jan. 25, 1850.
3. Isabella Atlee, b. Sept. 5, 1851.
4. Ellen Phillips, b. April 3, 1853.
5. John Hazen, b. Nov. 19, 1855.
6. Edward Woodruff, b. Sept. 17, 1857.
7. Lily Mabel, b. May 20, i860.
6. Ellen Augusta, b. Aug. 15, 1826; m. William R. Williamson, oi
Cincinnati, O., April, 1858. Child: —
1. Ellen , b. Feb. 1, 1863.
7. Francis Robinson, b. May 7, 1828 ; d. Aug. 24, f 831.
8. Edward Livingston, b. Nov. 18, 1831 ; d. March 3, 1832.
9. Horace Augustus, b. April 19, 1833.
10. John Hazen, b. March 7, 1835.
5. Edwin Atlee, b. March 9, 1794; grad. Dart. Coll. 1812. Soon
became insane and d. unm. He was a bright scholar, and of an
amiable disposition.
6. Francis Bowes, b. May 11, 1795. He entered Dart. Coll.; but left
and entered the United States naval service ; a lieut. of marines.
He d. Sept. 15, 1819, leaving a good reputation.
7. Charles Leonard, b. March 10, 1797. He d. at Dalton, N. H.,
Feb. 1, 1835, leaving a widow and one child, who have since moved
to the State of New York.
8. Eliza Amelia, b. May 24, 1799; m. at Salem, Sept. 18, 1824, Rev.
William Bourne Oliver Peabody; grad. Harv. Coll. 1816;
D. D., 1842; son of Judge Oliver Peabody, of Exeter, N. H. He
settled in Springfield, Mass., where she d. Oct. 3, 1843 I and he d.
May 28, 1847, eminent in literature as well as theology. Chil-
dren: —
1. Fanny Bourne, b. Sept. 2, 1825; d. Jan. 28, 1844.
2. Howard, b. Aug. 3, 1827; d. May 12, 1828.
3. Everett, b. June 13, 1830; grad. Harv. Coll. 1849; engineer;
Col. 25th Missouri Vol.; killed at Corinth April 6, 1862.
4. Francis Howard, b. Oct. 9, 1831; a clerk in Boston; m. Lucy
Adelaide Kinsley April 27, 1854. Children: —
1. Frank Everett, b. Feb. 29, 1856.
2. Fanny, b. July 25, 1858.
3. Lilian, b. April 9, 1863.
5. William Bourne, b. May 9, 1834; engineer.
6. Oliver White (twin), b. May 9, 1834; a clerk in Boston; m.
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524
525
232, 526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
Mary B. Lothrop June 1, 1859 ; Lieut.-Col. Massachusetts 45th
Regt.
9. Charlotte La Swessee, b. Oct. 23, 1801 ; d. Feb. 25, 1852, in Wor-
cester, unm.
10. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 8, 1803 ; m. — *— Williams, a lawyer of Wood-
stock, Conn.
(VI.) Hon. JOHN BODWELL, of Methuen, b. in Methuen Jan.
16, 1752; m. MIRIAM WHITE. He was Representative in the
Massachusetts Legislature; afterwards a Representative and Senator
in Maine Legislature. He moved from Methuen to Shapleigh, Me.,
where he d. Nov. 19, 181 1; and his wid. Miriam d. Dec. 21, 1825.
Children : —
1. John, b. Oct. 14, 1776; of Shapleigh; m. Sally James, b. Dec. 9,
1779. He has been Representative and Senator in Maine
Legislature. Children: —
1. Elisha, b. Dec. 6, 1797; m. Polly Wood, b. Aug. 1798.
Children : —
1. John F., b. Dec. 15, 1823; m. Sarah Jane Bragdon, b. Feb.
25,1823. Children: —
1. Eliza F., b. Dec. 8, 1845; d. Oct. 8, 1847.
2. Sarah, b. June 1, 1850.
2. Enoch W., b. Jan. 9, 1827; m. Sarah J. Garvin, b. Nov. 12,
1827.
3. Sarah, b. July 12, 1829; d. 1849.
4. Phebe H., b. April 18, 1831 ; d. April 23, 1847.
2. John White, b. Sept. 2, 1800; m. Julia Ann Allen, b. Sept. 26,
1806. Children: —
1. Elisha Allen, b. Jan. 10, 1826; d. May 12, 1827.
2. Elisha Allen, b. May 2, 1829; m. Grace Elizabeth Robinson.
3. William Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1834.
4. Henry William (twin), b. Dec. 31, 1834.
3. Asa, b. Jan. 3, 1804; m. Temperance Hilton, b. Sept. 26, 1809,
s. p.
4. Ursula, b. March 11, 1806.
5. Miriam White, b. Sept. 13, 1809; m. Increase Sumner Kimball,
b. Aug. 7, 1803. Children: —
1. John Bodwell, b. March 24, 1832; d.
2. Sumner Increase, b. Sept. 2, 1834.
3. Miriam White, b. June 13, 1836.
4. Maria H. (twin), b. June 13, d. Dec. 18, 1836.
5. Helen Maria, b. Aug. 30, 1839.
6. Mary Emily, b. Aug. n, 1842.
7. John Bodwell, b. Aug. 24, 1843.
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8. Sarah Bodwell, b. Sept. 7, 1845.
9. Elizabeth Francis Appleton, b. Oct 29, 1847.
535 6. Araspes, b. Feb. 4, 181 2 ; m. Maria Jenkins. Children : —
1. Sarah Bodwell, b. April 5, 1842.
2. Joan, b. April 8, 1843.
536 7. Horace, b. Oct. 4, 1816; a Brig.-General in the militia; m. Eliza
Brackett, b. Sept. 17, 181 7. Children : —
1. John Brackett, b. Oct. 5, 1838.
2. Mary Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1840.
3. Miriam Brackett, b. Feb. 9, 1842.
4. Phebe Miranda, b. Dec. 23, 1843.
5. Julia Merinda, b. Dec. 3, 1845.
6. Horace Jefferson Dallas, b. March 7, 1848.
537 8. Sally Belinda, b. March 11, 1819; m. Lewis Wentworth, b. in
Somersworth Aug. 27, 181 7, s. p.
538 9. Mary Ann, b. June 14, 1821 ; m. David Grant, b. Feb. 13,
1819. Children: —
1. John Bodwell, b. Feb. 8, 1845; d. Jan. 23, 1847.
2. John Bodwell, b. June 22, 1849.
539 10. John E., b. Feb. 19, 1824; m. Louisa Jane Goodwin, b. Jan. 26,
1829. Children: —
1. William Albion, b. June 28, 1847.
2. Amos Dinsmore, b. Sept. 24, 1848.
3. Increase Sumner Kimball, b. Feb. 8, 1850.
540 2. Miriam, b. June 4, 1778; d. May 16, 1848; m. Daniel Wood, b.
Feb. 5, 1767; d. July 29, 1846. He was member of the Executive
Council of Maine five years, and held various other offices.
Children : —
541 1. Miria?n Bodwell, b. May 6, 1796; m. Tristram Fall Goodwin,
b. Nov. 23, 1802, s. p.
542 2. Mary Plummer, b. Jan. 11, 1798; m. William Lowell Foote,
b. July 26, 1 791. Children : —
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1826.
543 2. William Lowell, b. Sept. 13, 1827; m. Eliza Meserve,
b. July 8, 1825. Child: —
1. Julia Ann, b. Oct. 22, 1848.
3. Daniel Wood, b. Dec. 8, 1829.
4. Judith Hannah, b. April 13, 1832.
5. Margaret Pollard, b. June 13, 1834.
6. Sarah Lowell, b. Feb. 8, 1837.
7. John Bodwell, b. June 5, 1840.
8. Susan Amelia, b. Oct. 6, 1843.
3. Daniel, b. May 25, 1800; d. Oct. 14, 1803.
544 4- John Bodwell, b. Feb. 8, 1802; m. Arabella S. Goodwin, b.
Nov. 14, 1809. Children: —
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1. John Bodwell, b. Dec. 7, 1827; m. Abby Jane Gerrish,
b. Sept. 9, 1828.
2. Fernando Gorges, b. April 28, 1829.
3. Alonzo, b. June 8, 1831 ; d. June 29, 1849.
4. Daniel, b. Feb. 3, d. Oct. 3, 1838.
5. Mary Sophia, b. Sept. 3, 1842.
546 5. Caroline Matilda, b. July 19, 1805; m. James Edwards ; and
she d. Jan. 20, 1826. Child: —
1. Daniel Wood, b. Oct. 11, 1825.
547 6. Daniel, b. June 30, 1807; m. Mary Pray, s. p. He was aid to
Gen. Hodson in the Aroostook War.
548 7. Charlotte Maria, b. Aug. 31, 1809; m. Temple Wood, b. Feb. 7,
1 796. Child : —
1. Edwin White, b. April 26, 1833.
549 8. Frederick Ansel, b. March 12, 181 1 ; m. Mary Libbey, b. March
17, 1813. He has been Representative and Senator in the
State Legislature. Children : —
1. Caroline Maria, b. Aug. 15, 1832.
2. Miriam Bodwell, b. Oct. 24, 1834.
3. Frederick Ansel, b. March 20, 1839.
4. Mary Plummer, b. July 15, 1849.
550 9. Catherine Margaret, b. Oct. 5, 1813.
10. Edwin White, b. June 12, d. Dec. 28, 181 5.
11. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 15, 181 7 ; d. April 27, 1818.
233> 551 (VI.) JACOB HALL, a goldsmith, of Methuen; m., in Methuen,
Dec, 1781, ELIZABETH WHITE. Children, all b. in Methuen: —
552 1. Abigail, b. Dec. 8, 1782; m. in 1832 Nehemiah Herrick, of
Methuen, s. p.
2. Moses, b. April 17, 1784; a cordwainer of Andover; unm.
3. Elizabeth, d. aged one year.
554 4. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 5, 1788; m. in 1809 Jeremiah Frye, of
Methuen. Children: —
1. Francis Frye, b. July, 1810.
555 2. Jeremiah, b. 1812; m. Harriet Bodwell, of Methuen.
556 3. Elizabeth, b. 18 14; m. Ela?n Dole, of Methuen.
557 4. Catherine Frye, b. 181 6; m. Leverett Bradley, of Haverhill.
5. Ashley, b. 1818.
6. Sarah, b. 1820.
558 5. Miriam, b. Feb. 16, 1790; m., May 1, 1811, Nathaniel Hastings.
She m. (2d), April 28, 1842, Jacob How, of Haverhill. Children: —
559 1. Albert Hastings, b. Feb. 23, 181 2; m. Harriet Smith. Two
children.
560 2. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 12,1814; m- Eveline Emery. Two children.
66
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56l
562
563
564
565
234, 566
567
568
569
570
6. Jacob, b. April 10, 1792; m. Mary French, of Nashua. Children: —
1. John. 2. Eliza. 3. Luke.
7. John, b. Feb. 14, 1795 ; d. Sept. 21, 1829, unm.
8. William White, b. April 28, 1797; grad. Brown Univ. 1825; a
Baptist minister ; settled first in Marshfield, and afterwards in
Edgartown, Mass.; m. Sarah Allen Bunting, wid. of James
Bunting, of Edgartown. Child : —
1. John Leroy, b. Feb. 7, 1842.
9. Mary C.,b.July 10, 1799; m., 1829, Joseph Whittier, of Haverhill.
Two children. She m. (2d) Jonathan Pettingill, of Salem,
N. H., s. p. Children: —
1. Hazen Whittier, b. 1830.
2. Jane, b. 1833.
10. Nathaniel Hazen, b. June 25, 1802;
11. Charlotte, b. Nov. 29, 1804; m.
Perkins, a Methodist-Episcopal clergyman, and recently a mem-
ber of Congress from the State of New Hampshire. Children: —
1. Jared. 2. Caroline. 3. Henry. 4. Charlotte.
d. March 26, 1828, unm.
in July, 1833, Rev. Jared
(VI.) JAMES WILSON, b. in Durham, Eng., July 11, 1763; a
merchant, and for a long time postmaster of Worcester, Mass. ; m.,
Sept 26, 1795; SARAH WHITE. He d. Feb. 5, 1841, aged 77, and
she d. March 11, 1841, aged 78, both at Cincinnati. Children, all b. in
Worcester: —
1. John Milburn, b. Jan. 9, 1797; a merchant; d. at West Baton
Rouge, La., Sept. 24, 1829, unm.
2. James, b. Aug. 10, 1798; a merchant; m. in Cincinnati, April 21,
1823, Eliza Bogie, b. in Scotland April 28, 1805. First three
children b. and d. in Pinkneyville, Wilkinson County, Miss.; the
others in Cincinnati ; viz : —
1. James, b. July 27, 1824; d. Sept. 23, 1827.
2. John Milburn, b. Sept. 1, 1826; d. March 20, 1828.
3. Eliza Amelia, b. Sept. 30, 1828; d. July 27, 1829.
4. Sarah, b. June 2, 1830.
5. Frances, b. Sept. 27, 1832; d. June 9, 1836.
6. John Milburn, b. Feb. 17, 1835.
7. James Bogie, b. March 2, 1838.
8. Frank White, b. May 20, 1840.
9. Eliza Bella, b. April 22, 1844.
3. Sarah White, b. May 1, 1800; m., April 30, 1838, Rensselaer
W. Lee, merchant of Cincinnati. Children: —
1. Rensselaer Wilson, b. April 5, 1839.
2. Sarah Frances, b. about 1842.
4. Frances, b. April 24, 1802; m., Nov. 11, 1834, Rev. Robert
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235, 57i
572
573
574
575
Everett Pattison, grad. Amh. Coll. 1826; D. D. Waterville
Coll. 1838; pastor of a Baptist Church in Salem, Mass., afterwards
in Providence, R. I.; Professor and President of Waterville Coll.;
President of the Theol. Acad., Covington ; has been Professor
in Newton Theol. Seminary. Children: —
1. Everett, b. April 14, d. May 15, 1836.
2. Frances, b. Sept. 10, 1837.
3. Everett Wilson, b. Feb. 22, 1839.
4. Juliet, b. April 14, 1842.
5. James William, b. July 14, 1844.
576
577
(VI.) DAVID MORSE, a farmer of Haverhill; m. in Methuen,
April 12, 1797, REBECCA WHITE. Children: —
1. Rebecca, b. Feb. 7, 1798; d. June, 1824, unm.
2. Amelia Atlee, b. Dec. 11, 1799; m., Nov. 9, 1831, Rev. Edmund
Worth, b. Oct. 12, 1809; a Baptist minister of Concord, N. H.
Children: —
1. Amelia Atlee, b. March 21, 1833.
2. Edmund, b. April 20, 1836.
3. Harriet, b. April 12, 1839.
4. A dau. b. and d. Sept. 1841.
5. Mary Ann Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1843 ; d. April 2, 1850.
3. John Henry, b. Oct. 22, 1801 ; m., June 16, 1834, Catherine
Pearson Morse, dau. of Joseph Morse. Children : —
1. Susan Pearson, b. March 21, 1835.
2. John Hiram, b. March 8, 1838.
4. Rachel H., b. Jan. 2, 1804;. d. Jan. 25, 1841 ; m., Dec. 25, 1828,
Rufus K. Knowles, of Haverhill. Children : —
1. Rebecca Morse, b. Sept. 20, 1829; m., April 27, 1851, James
Bradley, of Haverhill.
2. Rujus Allen, b. Aug. 9, 1831 ; d. Nov. 2, 1848.
3. John Henry, b. March 13, 1833.
4. Charles King, b. Jan. 2, 1835.
5. Horace Morse, b. Dec. 7, 1836.
6. Oliver Morse, b. June 8, 1839; d. Jan. 10, 1841.
5. Horace Trueworthy, b. July 22, 1806; of Haverhill; m. Louisa
White. In Oct. 1852, he moved with all his family, except
David, to Farmington, la. Children: —
1. Horace, b. June 5, 1830.
2. David, b. Oct. 25, 1831.
3. Rebecca White, b. May 29, 1833; m., Nov. 27, 1851, George
Washington Ladd, son of Maj. John Ladd, of Haverhill.
4. Moses Hazen, b. April 22, 1837.
5. George Washington, b. Sept. 7, 1839.
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57*
579
580
236, 581
582
583
584
6. Harriet Kildreth, b. May 4, 1841 ; d. Oct. 6, 1842.
7. Mary White Smith, b. April 17, 1844.
8. Elizabeth Ann, b. Jan. 20, 1846.
9. Samuel Francis Smith, b. Aug. 21, 1849.
6. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1810; m., July 5, 1830, Dea. William
Bailey, b. in Newburyport Feb. 15, 1794; son of William Bailey.
They settled in Clinton, Wayne County, Penn., where his children
were all born. He d. April 19, 1853. Children: —
1. Moses White, b. March 23, 1831 ; d. Nov. 23, 1839.
2. Ruth Johnson, b. June 17, 1832; m. May 29, 1849, William W»
Porter, of Scranton, Penn. She d. Nov. 4, 1852. Child: —
1. Edmund Worth, b. March, 1852.
3. Mehitabel Ann, b. Feb. 16, 1834.
4. John Marshman, b. Jan. 28, 1836.
5. Harriet Hildreth, b. Nov. 11, 1837.
6. Edgar Smith, b. Nov. 3, 1839.
7. Mary Jennette, b. Nov. 8, T841.
8. Sylvester North, b. Nov. 11, 1843.
9. Nathaniel, b. April 2, 1846.
10. Charles Wood, b. Oct. 3, 1849.
7. Harriet Hildreth, b. Oct. 13, 1813; unm. ; a Baptist missionary
teacher at Bankok, Siam; later, Matron of Industrial School for
Girls, in Dorchester, Mass.
(VI.) JOSEPH HAYNES WHITE, studied medicine with Dr.
Kittridge, of Andover ; and resided successively in Gloucester, Methuen,.
and Marblehead. Hem. MARY BOND, b. Jan. 5, 1 jj$, dau. of Dr. John
and Mary (Moulton) Bond, of Newburyport. She d. in Marblehead
Feb. 1807. Children: —
1. Caroline Litchfield, b. Dec. 31, 1793; d. 1814.
2. Joseph Haynes, b. Aug. 1795 ; d. 1808.
3. Mary Bond, b. in Gloucester April 20, 1798; m. Dec. 6, 1818, Capt.
William Remick, a shipmaster of Newburyport. He d. Sept. i8r
1835. Children: —
I.Joseph Noyes, b. Oct. 24, 1819; in mercantile business in
Boston ; unm.
2. George White, b. Feb. 28, 1821 ; m., Oct. 15, 1844, Sarah C
Ordway, of West Newbury. Children : —
1. Mary White, b. June 3, 1845.
2. George Willis, b. Jan. 3, 1849.
3. George Mortimer, b. March 23, 1850.
3. Juliann, b. Oct. 14, 1823; d. May 8, 1844.
4. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1829; d. Jan. 3, 1838.
5. Caroline White, b. July 11, 1832. ]
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585
586
5*7
237. 588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
4. Eliza, b. in Methuen July 24, 1800; m., Dec. 31, 1819, Eliphalet
Currier, a goldsmith of Haverhill. He d. in 1831 ; and his wid.
m. (2d), Sept. 29, 1839, Moses Merrill, Esq., a merchant of
Methuen, s. p. Children: —
1. Elizabeth White (Currier), b. Oct. 18, 1822.
2. Eustace Carey (Currier), b. July 21, 1825; d. Oct. 6, 1828.
3. Ann Smith (Currier), b. Oct. 28, 1828 ; d. June 6, 1843.
5. Saltonstall, b. March, 1803; of Oxford, Butler County, O. ; unm.
6. Nathaniel Hazen, b. in Marblehead May 24, 1805; a printer; m.,
Nov. 20, 1844, Mary Smith, dau. of Rev. Eli Smith, of Frankfort,
Ky. Children : —
1. Edward Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1845.
2. Henry Kirke, b. Oct. 25, 1847; d. June 18, 1849.
3. Mary Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1849.
(VI.) JOHN PHILLIPS WHITE, m., April 12, 1797, LUCY
GUTTERSON, of Pelham, N. H., where he settled. Children : —
1. Lucy, b. March 27, 1798; m., in 1822, Nathan Bodwell, of
Methuen, who d. Nov. 20, 1840. Children : —
i.John White, b. Feb. 29, 1824; m., Dec. 28, 1848, Harriet
Lovejoy.
2. Nathan Robinson, b. Sept. 18, 1828.
3. Josiah White, b. Nov. 30, 1832.
4. Christopher Augustus, b. Jan. 22, 1836.
5. William Justus (twin), b. Jan. 22, 1836.
6. Lucy Maria, b. Feb.; d. Jan. 1840.
2. Josiah Gutterson, b. Jan. 18, 1800; m. in Methuen, in 1826,
Phebe Gage, of Methuen, where he settled. Children: —
1. John Gage, b. Jan. 14, 1827.
2. Henry Wilder, b. June 13, 1829; d. March 10, 1830.
3. Ellen Augusta, b. Jan. 6, 1831 ; m., June 16, 1853, George A.
Mansfield, of Boston.
4. Clarimond Elizabeth, b. Jan. 8, 1834; d. Oct. 18, 1851.
3. Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1802; m., in 1825, William Swan, of
Methuen. She d. July 20, 1848. Children: —
1. Eliza Dins?nore, b. April 21, 1828.
2. Harrison White, b. June 21, 1830.
3. Lucy Jennette, b. Sept. 16, 1832.
4. Willia7n Francis, b. Sept. 5, 1835.
4. Mary Orne, b. June 8, 1804; m., in 1833, Moses Merrill, of
Methuen. She d. Jan. 17, 1839. Child: —
1. Calvin Addison, b. June 15, d. Dec. 2, 1838.
5. Mira, b. Nov. 14, 1806; m., in 1832, Frederick George, of
Haverhill, and settled in Methuen. Children: —
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597
598
599
239, 600
1. Elmira, b. June 26, 1835.
2. Le Baron, b. Sept. 25, 1837.
3. Ogden, b. May 4, 1840.
4. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1842.
5. J/^ry 0r#* White, b. Oct. 9, 1846; d. Jan. 12, 1847.
6. Samuel, b. Jan. 28, 1809; m., in 1835, Mehitabel Roby, of
Sutton, N. H., and settled in Pelham, N. H. She d. in Nov.
1851. Children: —
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1836.
2. Sarah Ann, b. Dec. 3, 1840.
7. Nancy Smith, b. Feb. 9, 181 1; m., in 1846, John Adden, Jr., of
Reading, Mass., s. p.
8. Adeline Cutter, b. July 24, 181 5; m., in 1836, Joshua R.
Bowers, of Merrimack. Children: —
1. Oscar Dunreath, b. Sept. 28, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1848.
2. Harriso?i Gray Otis, b. Nov. 8, 1839.
3. George Francis, b. Nov. 26, 1841.
4. Frank Edgerly, b. Nov. 10, 1843.
5. Sophronia Lucinda, b. Oct. 4, 1845; d. April 26, 1849.
6. Grace White, b. Aug. 12, 1847. t
7. Edgar Stanley, b. Nov. 16, 1849.
9. Sarah Wilson, b. March 23, 1819; m., in 1835, William Eayrs,
of Merrimack, N. H. Children: —
1. Otis White, b. in Nashua March 1836; d. Oct. 30, 1837.
2. Onslow Scott, b. in Nashua Sept. 30, 1838; d. Feb. 27, 1840.
3. Winslow Phillips, b. in Nashua Aug. 31, 1840.
4. Mariette Foster, b. in Concord, N. H., Oct. 28, 1843 > d. Sept.
29, 1849.
5. De Witt Clinton, b. in Concord Dec. 28, 1846.
(VI.) Hon. DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, of Salem, grad. Harv.
Coll. 1797; tutor, 1799-1803; LL. D., 1837; S. H. et. A. A. S.; d.
March 30, 1861. He m. (1st), May 24, 1807, at the house of her father-
in-law, Dr. Isaac Hurd, Mrs. MARY VAN SCHALKWYCK, dau. of
the late Dr. Josiah Wilder, of Lancaster, Mass. (a grad. of Yale Coll.
1767). She d. June 29, 1811; and he m. (2d), in Salem, Aug. 1, 1819,
Mrs. ELIZA WETMORE, dau. of William Orne, Esq., late of Salem,
merchant. She d. March 27, 1821 ; and he m. (3d), in Charlestown,
Jan. 22, 1824, Mrs. RUTH ROGERS, dau. of Joseph Hurd, Esq., late
of Charlestown, merchant.
Rev. William Orne White writes of his father : —
" Notwithstanding his dream of a gravestone on which his death at the
age of twenty-one was inscribed (a dream which led sundry neighbors to
think that it was throwing away money to send him to college), Daniel
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Appleton White, after a career of honor and usefulness, came to his
grave without finding his more than four-score years 'labor and sorrow.'
In 1792, at 'Atkinson Academy, N. H., he was fitted for Harvard Col-
lege, from which he graduated in 1797 with the highest honors, enjoying
through life the associations there formed. He taught for two years in
the Public Grammar School of Medford, and in 1797 was appointed
tutor in Latin at Harvard College, an office which he held for four years,
warmly attaching to himself through life not a few who then came under
his care. In 1803 he removed to Salem to finish his law studies, already
begun during his tutorship, in the office of Samuel Putnam, afterwards
Judge Putnam. In 1804 he was admitted to the Bar at Newburyport,
and from 1810 to 181 5 was an active member of the Massachusetts
Senate, as a zealous Federalist. He was elected to Congress in 1814, by
an almost unanimous vote. His trunk was packed for his journey to
Washington, when he relinquished the tempting prospects of a Congres-
sional career to accept the appointment of Judge of Probate for Essex
County, an office which he held for thirty-eight years, resigning it in
1853 at the age of seventy-seven. He gave a signal illustration of his
fidelity to domestic duties in thus eagerly grasping an opportunity to be
nearer his motherless daughters.
In 181 7 he removed to Salem, where he spent the remainder of his
life. He enjoyed his drives to the scattered towns of the county on
probate days, being wont to take a son or a daughter with him, who felt
doubly blest when the circuit included a night's rest at Methuen, under
the roof of grandmother White. As an overseer of Harvard College
and member of one of its examining committees, he loved to keep up
his interest in the institution. He cherished also the social intercourse
developed through his connection with the Massachusetts Historical
Society. His home was the centre of a wide hospitality, and among his
correspondents were men of rare eminence ; but the claims of his own
household were not overlooked, one of his children having received
upwards of six hundred letters from him. Judge White's publications
are enumerated in the late Rev. James Walker's memoir of his life,
published by the Massachusetts Historical Society ; the earliest is a
eulogy on George Washington, delivered at the request of the inhabi-
tants of Methuen, printed at Haverhill in 1800. In 1822 he published
a book on Probate Jurisdiction. Among other publications are eulogies
upon Hon. Nathaniel Bowditch, delivered in Salem in 1838; and upon
Hon. John Pickering in Boston, in 1846, before the American Academy
of Arts and Science ; also addresses at the consecration of Harmony
Grove Cemetery, in Salem, in 1840, and that before the Alumni of
Harvard College in 1844. The closing months of his life were employed
in rewriting a brief sketch of the founders of the First Church, in Salem,
whose catholicity of spirit he sought to vindicate. Much as he vener-
ated his parents and valued their Christian example, he had suffered so
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J acutely in his youth from the pictures of hell, drawn by the imagination
of strolling Calvinistic artists, who found their way into sundry pulpits,
that he did not hesitate to adopt ' as his own ' more liberal interpretations
of the gospel. Channing was his college friend, and Channing's subse-
quent views of Christianity gained his sympathy. In Rev. Dr. G. W.
Brigg's Memoir, prepared for the Essex Institute, in Salem, of which
Judge White was President, as well as in Dr. Walker's and in that of
Rev. H. W. Foote — prepared at a later period for the Hist. Gen. Soc. —
warm tributes are paid to the genial and gracious traits which distinguished
him, as well as to his moral fearlessness and his high Christian standard.
By precept and example, he was a pioneer in the temperance reform. For
tobacco his disgust was unbounded ; he felt that he had suffered in his
earlier life from its use. 'In season and out of season' he bore his
testimony against it. He accumulated many books, and gave away a
large number to kinsfolk and strangers. In life, and a second time by
will, he gave the bulk of his library to the Essex Institute. In convey-
ing, at the market price, to the projectors of the city of Lawrence, that
part of his father's farm which he owned, he desired that six acres
should be reserved, within which was a family burial lot. This desire
was granted, but he was restricted from building on the land. When at
his request, upon certain conditions, the restriction was removed, he, by
a trust deed, devoted the profits from the sales of these lands (the small
burial lot excepted) to the purposes of lectures and a library, bearing
emphatically in mind the 'moral, intellectual, and Christian advancement
of the inhabitants of the town* of Lawrence.' It appears that sixteen
hundred tickets to these lectures are gratuitously distributed, and that
applicants multiply beyond the capacity of the lecture hall to accommo-
date them. Rev. H. W. Foote says of the Salem and Lawrence bene-
factions, that they ' are ampler than are sometimes bestowed by men of
far larger estate.' He further says 'his closing years were those of an
ideal old age. Retaining the vigor of his tall and noble presence, free
from physical or mental infirmity, his hair scarcely touched with silver,
his step elastic as in youth, he had the full enjoyment of his powers, and
was busy with his studies till near the close of his eighty-fifth year.'
Clinging through life to the memories of the old Federal party, Judge
White was later a Whig, and subsequently a Republican, rejoicing in the
election of Abraham Lincoln, and saying, ' You will find that he will be
resolved upon retaking those forts ; he cannot help himself ; he is bound
to it by his oath of office.' He lived long enough to see his prediction
verified by President Lincoln's inaugural. No parent could have been
less exacting as regards attentions paid to himself, nor one more eagerly
alive to rendering any little help than he. However grave his demeanor,
he could instantly throw himself into the mood of the infant that he
tossed in his arms, or the traveling kinsfolk whom he stoutly debarred
from seeking shelter under any tavern roof. To such of his household
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as survive him, his memory is not only a treasure, but a daily inspiration.
Although he has been gone from earth eight and twenty years, they feel
to-day less than ever that they have lost him." Children : —
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. March 27, d. Oct. 8, 1808.
2. Elizabeth Amelia, b. May 4, 1809; m. in Salem, Sept. 16, 1830,
William Dwight, a lawyer of Springfield; grad. Harv. Coll.
1825; son of Hon. Jonathan Dwight (grad. Harv. Coll. 1793), of
Springfield, Mass. Child: —
1. William, b. July 14, 1831 ; grad. West Point ; Brig.-Gen. Vol.,
U. S. Army; m., Jan. 1, 1856, Anna Robeson, dau. of Thomas
and Sibyl Robeson, of New Bedford. He d. April 21, 1888.
Children : —
1. William Arthur, b. June 3, 1867.
2. Wilder, b. April 23, 1833: grad. Harv. Coll. 1853; Lieut.
Col. Massachusetts 2d Regt. ; and Brig.-Gen. U. S. Vols.
He was wounded at Antietam Sept. 17, 1862; d. Sept.
19, 1862.
3. Daniel Appleton, b. Jan. 30, 1836; m., June, 1870, Mary
Silsbee Peale, dau. of J. W. and Sarah S. Peale, of
Boston. Children: —
1. Jane Appleton, b. May 14, 1871.
2. Howard, b. May 14, 1876.
3. Fanny Pickman, b. Jan. 9, 1884.
4. Howard, b. Oct. 29, 1837; grad. Harv. Coll. 1857; Capt.
U. S. Vols.; killed instantly, by guerrillas, at Bayou
Courtableau, La., May 4, 1863.
5. Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1840; d. Sept. 1, 1841.
6. Charles, b. May 6, 1842; grad. Harv. Coll. 1862; Lieut.
U. S. Vols.; m., Oct. 18, 1865, Mary A. H. Welch, dau. of
Francis and M. A. H. Welch. He d. March 9, 1884.
Children : —
1. Wilder, b. April 20, 1868.
7. Chapman, b. April 30, 1844.
3. Mary Wilder, b. Dec. 12, 1810; m. in Salem, Oct. 21, 1835, Hon.
Caleb Foote, b. Feb. 28, 1803, long the proprietor and editor of
the Salem Gazette. He was a member of the Massachusetts
Legislature and of the Executive Council. She d. Dec. 24, 1857.
Children : —
1. Eliza Dwight, b. July 20, 1836; d. Sept. 3, 1837.
2. Henry Wilder Foote, b. June 2, 1838 ; m., July 9, 1863, Frances
Anne Eliot, dau. of Hon. Samuel A. Eliot; he died suddenly
May 29, 1889, a few days before his fifty-first birthday, and
when his friends were cherishing the hope that he had sur-
mounted the "heart failure" with which he had struggled
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several months. His interest in this work, now in press, was
such that it would seem incomplete without further mention
of him. Now that his untimely death renders it permissible,
the extracts taken from obituary and other notices will be of
interest in showing the purity and strength of his life and
influence. The Henry Wilder whose name he bore must
have been a choice kindred spirit, as the traditions bring him
down to us as a youth of singular charm and purity, early
and suddenly summoned away.
" Mr. Foote was educated in the Salem schools, and grad-
uated at Harvard College in 1858. Doubtless the knowledge
that his mother, a woman of rare gifts and endowed with a
wealth of affection, met her own death in carrying him past the
crisis of typhoid fever late in 1857, set the seal of consecration
upon the work of the ministry, upon which he at once entered
after graduating at the Cambridge Divinity School in 1861.
From parishes in Cincinnati and in Portsmouth, N. H., he
had received calls, but he accepted in preference the invita-
tion of the King's Chapel, Boston, over which he was
ordained in 1861, being the successor of the late Rev.
Ephraim Peabody."
" Thoroughly loyal to his country, he became at once an
earnest advocate of the cause of the Union. The beautiful
mural monument upon the wall of King's Chapel to the
memory of the young men who lost their lives in their
country's defense, attests the vigor and heartiness with which
the members of Mr. Foote's congregation upheld the nation's
cause. Mr. Foote's entire professional life has been devoted
to the interests of King's Chapel. His first parish, it was
his last. But it was not his church and parish alone that
claimed his attention. He was interested in all the charitable
enterprises of Boston. He was a scholarly man, a thoroughly
well-read theologian. He was conversant with the best
thought of the time. He was a great reader of books, and
was judicious in their selection. A valuable contribution to
local history is the 'Annals of King's Chapel' from his pen.'r
Rev. George L. Chaney says of him in his memorial sermon :
" He had a genius for consolation, and none knew so well as
he what to say, and what to leave unsaid in the memorials of
the honored and lamented dead. . . . And you will re-
member . . . the bicentennial in 1886 of this venerable
church, and how wisely and picturesquely, thanks largely
to his instructed oversight, King's Chapel kept its 200th
birthday."
Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody says in a memorial address : " He
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spoke the truth in love, yet he used great plainness of speech.
. . . His sermons had superior artistical and literary
merit, . . . and while their average standard was high,
I have often listened to sermons of his which I wanted all
the world to hear. ... A former minister of a so-called
orthodox church in Salem, who did not know him then, told
me, a day or two ago, of young people in his church who used
to ascribe the best that was in them to their acquaintance
with Mr. Foote. . . . Love for him and grief for his
loss have levelled sectarian fences."
A lady parishioner of his writes in a letter, July 21 : "It
seems to us that his loss to his friends, to his family, and to
the church is greater every day; and I hardly yet realize that
we can go to him no more on earth for tender sympathy and
wise counsel."
Among the publications of Mr. Foote are : " Discourse at
the End of Ten Years' Ministry ; " "James Freeman and King's
Chapel 1782-87" (reprinted from the Religious Magazine);
" The Wisdom from Above " (sermon preached in King's
Chapel Jan. 3, 1875, occasioned by the death of Rev. James
Walker, D. D., LL. D., late President of Harvard University);
"Memories of the Closing Year " (preached Dec. 28, 1879);
"In Memoriam John Amory Lowell;" "Annals of King's
Chapel. Vol. I.j" "The Rewards of Old Age;" "Some
Aspects of the Religious World To-day." Children : —
1. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1869; d. Dec. 10, 1885.
2. Frances Eliot, b. Feb. 2, 1875.
3. Henry Wilder, b. Feb. 2, 1875.
4. Dorothea, b. Nov. 3, 1880.
3. William Orne White, b. March 31, 1841 ; d. Sept. 29,
1842.
4. Martha West, b. March 20, d. May 15, 1842.
5. Mary Wilder, b. Aug. 20, 1843; m-> Sept. 25, 1865, John Boies
Tileston, b. Sept. 30, 1834. Children : —
Mary Wilder, b. July 7, 1866.
Margaret Harding, b. Nov. 1, 1867.
Roger Edmund, b. Aug. 7, 1869.
Amelia Peabody, b. Oct. 30, 1872.
Wilder, b. Jan. 22, 1875.
Edith, b. Nov. 25, 1880.
Eleanor Boies, b. June 9, 1886.
Arthur William, b. March 5, 1853; grad. Harv. Coll. 1874;
m. Katherine Knowlton, dau. of Charles Walter and Kate
Andrea (Roche) Knowlton, July 7, 1880. Child : —
1. Katherine Foote, b. Sept. 26, 1881.
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635
636
637
638
639
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William Orne, b. Feb. 12, 1821 ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1840; at the
Theol. School, Cambridge, 1845; was ordained in West Newton,
Mass., Nov. 22, 1848; and installed Oct. 1, 1851, in Keene, N. H.,
where he continued his pastorate until Nov. 3, 1878. He has
preached more or less since that period, although for two years
only with a stated pastorate. His home has been in Brookline,
Mass., since Sept. 1881. His chief publications are, "Our
Struggle Righteous in the Sight of God," a sermon preached in
Keene Sunday, April 13, 1862, on the day of Thanksgiving for the
Nation's Victories ; an address at the funeral of Rev. George G.
Ingersoll, D. D., in Keene Sept. 18, 1867; a sermon preached to
the "Keene Congregational Society" Sunday, Sept. 29, 1867,
previous to the enlarging and remodelling of their house of
worship, with an appendix ; historical address, delivered at the
request of the city government of Keene July 4, 1876; farewell
sermon, Keene, Nov. 3, 1878; commemoration discourse at the
dedication of a mural monument to James Walker, D. D., LL. D.,
in the Harvard Church, Charlestown, Mass., Jan. [4, 1883. He m.
in Springfield, Mass., Sept. 25, 1848, Margaret Eliot Harding,
dau. of Chester Harding, artist, then of Springfield. Children: —
1. Eliza Orne, b. Aug. 2, 1856.
2. Daniel Appleto7i, b. Jan. 24, 1859; d. March 5, 1859.
[By 3d wife.]
Henry Orne, b. Dec. 6, 1824; grad. Harv. Coll. 1843; M. D. Univ.
Penn. ; M. M. S. S.; resided in Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1853; m.
in Brockville, Can., Sept. 25, 1855, Dorothea, dau. of William
and Elinor (Lewis) Dargavel. He d., Nov. 5, 1887, at El Cajou,
San Diego Co., Cal. Children : —
1. Mary Wilder, b. Aug. 22, 1856; m. George Taylor, son of
Hiram and Martha Fulford. Children : —
1. Dorothy Marston, b. May 29, 1881.
2. Martha Harris, b. June 19, 1883.
Emily Hurd, b. June 13, 1858; m. Sidney Freeman, son of
Daniel Alonzo and Ann Sophia Wilcox. Children : —
1. Sidney Helmuth, b. Dec. 19, 1882.
2. Philip Wakeman, b. June 19, 1884.
Daniel Appleton, b. March 24, i860.
Eliza Wilder, b. June 27, 1862; m. Frank Ostrander April 29,
1886.
William Dargavel, b. Nov. 2, 1863.
2.
6. Henry Marston, b. June 2, 1869.
(VI.) TRUEWORTHY WHITE, of Methuen; m., in 1802, FANNY
BODWELL, dau. of Park and Sarah Bodwell. Children : —
HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON, MASS.
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646
647
648
649
650
651
652
423, 653
1. Stephen Fairfield, b. Jan. 21, 1803 ; m., Nov. 22, 1832, Rebecca
Stevens, dau. of David K. and Sally W. Stevens. Children : —
1. Sarah Stevens, b. in Lowell Dec. 16, 1833.
2. Mary Jane, b. in Lowell April 19, 1835.
3. Eliza Dean, b. in Lowell Jan. 25, 1837.
4. John Appleton, b. in Methuen May 5, 1840.
5. Hattie Augusta, b. in Methuen Oct. 2, 1845.
6. Anna Maria, b. in Methuen Feb. 19, 1847.
2. Rebecca, b. Nov. 14, 1804; m., Dec. 1, 1831, George Perkins, of
Newburyport. Children : —
1. George, b. Aug. 6, 1832.
2. Rebecca White, b. Dec. 21, 1835.
3. Daniel Appleton White, b. Nov. 12, 1837.
4. Stephen Marston, b. Dec. 3, 1839; d. Nov. 28, 1840.
5. Elizabeth White, b. Aug. 17, 1841.
6. Fanny White, b. Nov. 24, 1843.
7. Charles Bodwell, b. Oct. 12, 1845.
3. Fanny, b. Nov. 17, 1806; d. April, 1807.
4. Trueworthy, b. May 11, 1808; of Methuen; m. (1st), Sept. 5, 1831,.
Sarah Ann Mansur, dau. of John and Martha M., of Salenv
N. H. She d. July 5, 1840 ; and he m. (2d), Sept. 7, 1845, Lisette
Hutchinson, dau. of Royal and Abigail H., of Milford, N. HJ
Children : —
1. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 13, 1833.
2. Juliette, b. Jan. 2, 1835.
5. Fanny, b. June 1, 1810. |
6. John, b. May 30, 181 2; d. Oct. 28, 1838.
7. Daniel Appleton, b. April 15, 1815; of Lawrence, Mass. ; m., Oct.
21, 1851, Cynthia A. Jones, of New York. Child : —
1. Ella Appleton, b. March 17, 1853.
8. Charles Bodwell, b. Sept. 6, 1818.
9. Eliza, b. April 1, 1821 ; m., Nov. 8, 1847, Nathaniel R. Winder,
of Newburyport. Child : —
1. John White, b. Sept. 1, 1850.
10. Andrew Jackson, b. Sept. 1, 1829; of Methuen; m., in 1851,;
Catherine Emerson, dau. of Jacob and Lois E., of Pelham, N. Hj
Child: —
I. Frank Edward, b. April 21, 1852.
(VI.) Hon. BAILEY BARTLETT, of Haverhill, b. Jan. 27, 1750;
son of Edwin Bartlett, of Haverhill; m., Nov. 21, 1786, PEGGY
WHITE, dau. of John (page 53). He d. Sept. 9, 1830; and she d. Oct.
15, 1831. He was Representative of Haverhill 1783; State Senator
from Essex County 1789; and in July of that year Governor Hancock
appointed him High Sheriff of that county ; which office he held, with,
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the exception of a few months (from Dec. 5, 181 1, to June 20, 1812,
under Governor Gerry), until his decease. In 1812, he was elected
County Treasurer. He was a member of the convention that adopted
the Constitution of the United States, and of that which revised the
Constitution of Massachusetts in 1820. He was a member of Congress
for Essex District 1797 to 1801 ; was a candidate for Presidential
elector in 1804, and he was elected to that office in 1828. He had 15
children, of whom 13 arrived to middle age, and 4 survived him. First
11 children baptized by the Rev. Bishop Bass, of Newburyport ; last 4
children baptized by Rev. James Morss, of Newburyport. Children: —
1. Anna Bailey, b. Aug. 24, 1787; m., May 5, 1817, Hon. William
Jarvis, formerly of Boston, latterly of Wethersfield, Vt. She was
his 2d wife. Children: —
1. Ann Eliza, b. June 30, 1818; m., Sept. 11, 1844, Hon. Samuel
Dinsinore, of Keene, N. H. (son of Gov. Samuel Dinsmore);
grad. Dart. Coll. 1814; Governor of New Hampshire. She
d. July 17, 1849. Children: —
1. William Jarvis, b. April 17, 1846.
2. Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1847.
2. Harriet Bartlett, b. Feb. 8, 1820; m., Aug. 9, 1843, Rev. Jonas
de Forest Richards, grad< Dart Coll. 1836; tutor in Marietta
Coll. ; afterwards pastor of a church in Chester, N. H.
Children: —
1. William Jarvis, b. June 11, 1844; d. Oct. 21, 1849.
2. Jonas de Forest, b. Aug. 9, 1846.
3. Anna Bartlett, b. April 18, 1849.
4. Jarvis, b. Sept. 10, 1852.
3. Charles J., b. Aug. 21, 1821.
4. William, b. March 9, 1823; d. Aug. 14, 1825.
5. Thomas Jefferson (afterwards named William), b. Sept. 4, 1824;
d. Jan. 1, 1842.
6. Sarah, b. July 20, 1826; m., Oct. 30, 1848, Samuel G. Jarvis,
Jr., M. D., of Claremont, N. H., son of Samuel G. Jarvis,
M. D., late of Claremont. Children : —
1. William, b. Sept. 16, 1849.
2. Leonard, b. Aug. 1, 1852.
7. Margaret (twin), b. July 20, 1826; d. July 6, 1847.
8. Catherine, b. March 16, d. April n, 1830.
9. Louisa Bartlett, b. May 29, 1835.
2. Eliza, b. March 1, 1789; m., Aug. 31, 1808, Joseph E. Sprague,
Esq. She d. April 16, 181 7.
3. Margaret, b. Aug. 29, 1790; m., Nov. 5, 1819, Dr. Rufus Longley,
of Haverhill, M. B. Dart. Coll. 181 1 ; M. M. S. S. Children: —
1. Margaret, b. Dec. 22, 1820; d. Oct. 1842.
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2. William Ruf us, b. Dec. 26, 1822.
3. Ja?nes, b. Oct. 1824.
4. Caroline, b. Aug. 1826.
4. Harriet, b. March 9, 1792; d. Jan. 29, 1820.
5. Sarah Leonard, b. March 3, 1793; m., May 3, 1819, Joseph E.
Sprague, Esq., whose 1st wife was her sister Eliza.
6. Bailey, b. Oct. 20, 1 794 ; of Lawrence ; has been Deputy Sheriff ; m.,
June 20, 1843, Caroline Lyman, of Hopkinton. Children: —
1. Abba Maria, b. March 14, 1844.
2. Catharine, b. March 12, 1848.
7. Catherine, b. Nov. 15, 1795; m., Oct. 20, 1847, Hon. John
Meacham, of Castleton, Vt. ; Judge of Probate. His 1st wife
was Sarah White.
8. Edwin, b. Dec. 22, 1796; a wealthy merchant of New York, residing
in Tarrytown; m. in Portland, March 3, 1832, Caroline E.
Harrod, of Portland, s. p.
9. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1799; d. March 11, 1802.
10. Abbey Osgood, b. May 7, 1801 ; m. Rev. Moses Kimball ;(?)
grad. Dart. Coll. 1826; minister at Ascutneyville, Vt., s. p.
11. Charles Leonard, b. Aug. 15, 1802; formerly of Haverhill, and
Cashier of the Merrimack Bank; now a prosperous merchant of
Boston, but having his residence in Winthrop; m., in 1833,
Harriet, dau. of Hiram Plummer, of Haverhill. Children: —
1. Eliza Plummer, b. in Haverhill May 1, 1838.
2. William Francis, b. June 6, 1840.
3. Anna de Wolf, b. Feb. 7, 1842.
4. Harriet Louisa, b. Aug. 7, 1844.
5. Fanny, b. May 29, 1849.
6. Edith, b. in Boston March 4, 1852.
12. Mary Augusta, b. Aug. 6, 1804; m., Oct. 5, 1830, Hon. John
Tenney ; grad. Dart. Coll. 1824; a Lawyer of Methuen ; Repre-
sentative and Senator in Massachusetts Legislature, and member
of the Executive Council. She d. April 8, 1853. Children: —
1. Margaret Bartlett, b. Nov. 5, 1831 ; d. Aug. 28, 1839.
2. Edward J arvis, b. Sept. 20, 1833; grad. Harv. Coll. 1853.
3. Eliza Sprague, b. July 26, 1835.
4. Mary Augusta, b. Aug. 5, 1837.
13. Frederica Augusta, b. July 29, d. Aug. 16, 1805.
14. Francis, b. Oct. 26, 1806; m., July, 1837, Caroline E. Kneeland,
of Westford. He d. Sept. 21, 1848, leaving one child: —
1. Sarah Augusta, b. 1838.
15. Louisa Amelia, b. Oct. 17, 1809; m., Nov. 20, 1831, Oliver
Carlton; grad. Dart. Coll. 1824; Master of the Grammar School
in Salem. She d. June 28, 1840. Children: —
1. Edwin Bartlett, b. Nov. 21, 1832; d. Nov. 19, 1851.
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2. William Jarvis, b. May 12, 1835.
3. Joseph George Sprague, b. Aug. 10, 1837.
4. Mary Louisa, b. Oct. 16, 1838.
(VII.) JOSEPH E. SPRAGUE, m. ELIZA, dau. of Hon. Bailey
and Peggy White Bartlett; she d. April 16, 1817; for 2d wife, m. her
sister SARAH L. BARTLETT May 13, 1819. He d. Feb. 22, 1852.
Children by 1st wife : —
1. William Harris, b. May 7, 1809; d. at Salem Aug. 30, 1812.
2. Eliza Bartlett, b. Oct. 1, 1810; m., Sept. 9, 1835, to Dr. Mattley
Strong, of Rochester, N. Y. ; no children.
3. William Harris, b. April 24, 1813; d. at Haverhill Aug. 14, 1813.
4. Edwin Le Baron, b. July 21, 1814; d. at Salem Feb. 13, 1816.
5. William Edwin, b. Feb. 12, 1817; d. at Salem Feb. 12, 1817.
[Children by 2d wife.]
6. Harriet, b. Nov. 23, 1822.
7. William Jarvis, b. Jan. 23, 1826.
8. Caroline L., b. June 21, 1827; m., Dec. 6, 1849, Rev- Charles
Smith. Their children are : —
1. Edwin Bartlett, b. Feb. 27, 1851.
2. Charles Sprague, b. April 27, 1853.
9. Joseph White, b. Jan. 18, 1831.
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